like

description

syntax

BOOLEAN like(VARCHAR str, VARCHAR pattern)

Perform fuzzy matching on the string str, return true if it matches, and false if it doesn’t match.

like match/fuzzy match, will be used in combination with % and _.

the percent sign (‘%’) represents zero, one, or more characters.

the underscore (‘_‘) represents a single character.

1. 'a'   // Precise matching, the same effect as `=`
2. '%a'  // data ending with a
3. 'a%'  // data starting with a
4. '%a%' // data containing a
5. '_a_' // three digits and the middle letter is a
6. '_a'  // two digits and the ending letter is a
7. 'a_'  // two digits and the initial letter is a
8. 'a__b'  // four digits, starting letter is a and ending letter is b

example

1. // table test
2. +-------+
3. | k1    |
4. +-------+
5. | b     |
6. | bb    |
7. | bab   |
8. | a     |
9. +-------+

11. // Return the data containing a in the k1 string
12. mysql> select k1 from test where k1 like '%a%';
13. +-------+
14. | k1    |
15. +-------+
16. | a     |
17. | bab   |
18. +-------+

20. // Return the data equal to a in the k1 string
21. mysql> select k1 from test where k1 like 'a';
22. +-------+
23. | k1    |
24. +-------+
25. | a     |
26. +-------+

keywords

1. LIKE