like

Syntax

like(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 sensitive.

Examples

$ like(`ABCDEFG, `DE);
0

$ like(`ABCDEFG, "%DE%");
1


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

Related function: ilike.