ilike

Syntax

ilike(X, pattern)

Arguments

X is a scalar/vector/matrix.

pattern is a string and is usually used with wildcard character %.

Details

Return a Boolean value scalar or vector indicating whether each element in X fits a specific pattern. The comparison is case insensitive.

The wildcard charater % indicates 0 or more characters.

Examples

$ ilike(`ABCDEFG, `de);
0

$ ilike(`ABCDEFG, "%de%");
1

$ a=`IBM`ibm`MSFT`Goog`YHOO`ORCL;
$ a ilike  "%OO%";
[0,0,0,1,1,0]

$ a[a ilike  "%OO%"];
["Goog","YHOO"]

Related function: like