| 23. 21. 1. expr LIKE pat [ESCAPE 'escape_char'] |
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Pattern matching using SQL simple regular expression comparison. |
Returns 1 (TRUE) or 0 (FALSE). If either expr or pat is NULL, the result is NULL. |
With LIKE you can use the following two wildcard characters in the pattern: |
| Character | Description | | % | Matches any number of characters, even zero characters | | _ | Matches exactly one character |
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mysql>
mysql> SELECT 'ABCDE!' LIKE 'ABCDE_';
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| 'ABCDE!' LIKE 'ABCDE_' |
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| 1 |
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1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> SELECT 'ABCDE!' LIKE '%A%C%';
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| 'ABCDE!' LIKE '%A%C%' |
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| 1 |
+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
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