SIMILARTO

Syntax

SIMILARTO(string: <String>;pattern: <String>)

Description

The SIMILARTO function returns ‘true’ if its pattern matches the given string otherwise returns ‘false’. It is similar to the ‘LIKE’ function, except that it interprets the pattern using the SQL standard's definition of a regular expression.

Example

SIMILARTO('xyz';#testcsv!Column1)

Column_1

SIMILARTO

Column_1

SIMILARTO

xyz

true

x

false

%(y|a)%

true

(y|z)%

false