35. The method of claim 31 , wherein the inexact pattern is further specified to include a range of instances of the pattern characters, a second of the commands comprises a count command embodying the specified range of instances, and the processing further comprises: executing the count command in a second of the co-processors to generate a range signal indicating whether the number of input characters in the selected portion falls within the specified range of instances.
36. The method of claim 35 , wherein the second co-processor is optimized to execute the count command.