Searching for certain string with wildcards

Hi all,
  I am trying to find the characters  'GW' in material description with these examples:
  A)     (GW51) Metal spec round   --normally written this way
   B)     GW51) Metal spec round  -- typing error omit the left brackett
   C)     (GW51  Metal Spec round  --  typing error  omit the right brackett
   The codes works for A and C.
       FIND FIRST  OCCURENCE OF '(GW'  in material_desc.
   I am unable to use wildcards to find for GW*)  for B using FIND statement.
  Can anyone share with me using FIND for B ? 
Thank you.
Joyce

use CP.
if material_desc CP '*GW*'.
  write material_desc. " or do what ever you want.
endif.

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