like

like(X, pattern)

X is a scalar/vector/matrix.

pattern is a string and is usually used with wildcard character %.

Return a Boolean value scalar or vector indicating whether each element in X fits a specific pattern. The comparison is case sensitive.

like(`ABCDEFG, `DE);
// output
0

like(`ABCDEFG, "%DE%");
// output
1


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

Related function: ilike.