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A LIKE predicate is used to search for a specific pattern.
[ NOT ] { LIKE search_pattern [ ESCAPE esc_char ] | [ RLIKE | REGEXP ] regex_pattern }
search_pattern
Specifies a string pattern to be searched by the LIKE
clause. It can contain special pattern-matching characters:
%
matches zero or more characters._
matches exactly one character.esc_char
Specifies the escape character. The default escape character is \
.
regex_pattern
Specifies a regular expression search pattern to be searched by the RLIKE
or REGEXP
clause.
CREATE TABLE person (id INT, name STRING, age INT); INSERT INTO person VALUES (100, 'John', 30), (200, 'Mary', NULL), (300, 'Mike', 80), (400, 'Dan', 50), (500, 'Evan_w', 16); SELECT * FROM person WHERE name LIKE 'M%'; +---+----+----+ | id|name| age| +---+----+----+ |300|Mike| 80| |200|Mary|null| +---+----+----+ SELECT * FROM person WHERE name LIKE 'M_ry'; +---+----+----+ | id|name| age| +---+----+----+ |200|Mary|null| +---+----+----+ SELECT * FROM person WHERE name NOT LIKE 'M_ry'; +---+------+---+ | id| name|age| +---+------+---+ |500|Evan_W| 16| |300| Mike| 80| |100| John| 30| |400| Dan| 50| +---+------+---+ SELECT * FROM person WHERE name RLIKE 'M+'; +---+----+----+ | id|name| age| +---+----+----+ |300|Mike| 80| |200|Mary|null| +---+----+----+ SELECT * FROM person WHERE name REGEXP 'M+'; +---+----+----+ | id|name| age| +---+----+----+ |300|Mike| 80| |200|Mary|null| +---+----+----+ SELECT * FROM person WHERE name LIKE '%\_%'; +---+------+---+ | id| name|age| +---+------+---+ |500|Evan_W| 16| +---+------+---+ SELECT * FROM person WHERE name LIKE '%$_%' ESCAPE '$'; +---+------+---+ | id| name|age| +---+------+---+ |500|Evan_W| 16| +---+------+---+