adding test to repro #2727

Author: ptrthomas

karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/MatchTest.java

@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ void testArray(String matchType) {
 
     @Test
     void testIssue2515() {
-
         Json cat = Json.of(
                 """
                         {
@@ -396,6 +395,18 @@ void testIssue2515() {
         match(cat.asMap(), EQUALS, Json.of("{ name: 'Billie', kittens: '#(^^expectedKittens2)' }").asMap(), true);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testIssue2727() {
+        Json pattern1 = Json.of("{ a: 1, b: [ { c: 3 } ] }");
+        JsEngine.global().put("pattern1", pattern1.asMap());
+        // should work
+        // match("[ { a: 1, b: [ { c: 3, d: 4 } ] } ]", CONTAINS, "#(^pattern1)");
+        // works
+        Json pattern2 = Json.of("{ c: 3 }");
+        JsEngine.global().put("pattern2", pattern2.asMap());
+        match("[ { a: 1, b: [ { c: 3, d: 4 } ] } ]", CONTAINS, "{ a: 1, b: [ '#(^pattern2)' ] }");
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @CsvSource(value = {
             "EQUALS;EACH_EQUALS",