Same as match(), but return a List. The first item in the list is the matched string, same as what matchstr() would return. Following items are submatches, like "\1", "\2", etc. in :substitute. When an optional submatch didn't match an empty string is used. Example:

echo matchlist('acd', '\(a\)\?\(b\)\?\(c\)\?\(.*\)')

Results in: ['acd', 'a', '', 'c', 'd', '', '', '', '', ''] When there is no match an empty list is returned.

You can pass in a List, but that is not very useful.

Can also be used as a method:

GetText()->matchlist('word')