like¶
Whether text matches a pattern
x like y like[x;y]Where
xis a symbol or stringyis a pattern as a string
returns a boolean: whether x matches the pattern of y.
q)`quick like "qu?ck"
1b
q)`brown like "br[ao]wn"
1b
q)`quickly like "quick*"
1bAbsent pattern characters in y, like is equivalent to {y~string x}.
q)`quick like "quick"
1b
q)`quick like "quickish"
0bImplicit iteration¶
like applies to lists of strings or symbols; and to dictionaries with them as values.
q)`brawn`brown like "br[^o]wn"
10b
q)(`a`b`c!`quick`brown`fox)like "brown"
a| 0
b| 1
c| 0
ss, ssr,
Regular expressions in q,
Strings
Using regular expressions