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You can use the Like operator to find values in a field that match the pattern you specify. For pattern, you can specify the complete value (for example, Like "Smith"), or you can use wildcard characters to find a range of values (for example, Like "Sm*").
The following example returns data that begins with the letter P followed by any letter between A and F and three digits:
Like "P[A-F]###"
The following table shows how you can use Like to test expressions for different patterns.
Kind of match |
Pattern |
Match (returns True) |
No match (returns False) |
Multiple characters |
a*a |
aa, aBa, aBBBa |
aBC |
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*ab* |
abc, AABB, Xab |
aZb, bac |
Special character |
a[*]a |
a*a |
aaa |
Multiple characters |
ab* |
abcdefg, abc |
cab, aab |
Single character |
a?a |
aaa, a3a, aBa |
aBBBa |
Single digit |
a#a |
a0a, a1a, a2a |
aaa, a10a |
Range of characters |
[a-z] |
f, p, j |
2, & |
Outside a range |
[!a-z] |
9, &, % |
b, a |
Not a digit |
[!0-9] |
A, a, &, ~ |
0, 1, 9 |
Combined |
a[!b-m]# |
An9, az0, a99 |
abc, aj0 |