REGEXP_LIKE

REGEXP_LIKE function is used to check that whether the string matches the regular expression.

Analyze Syntax

func.regexp_like(<expr>, <pat[, match_type]>)

Analyze Examples

func.regexp_like('a', '^[a-d]')
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ func.regexp_like('a', '^[a-d]') │
├─────────────────────────────────┤
│                               1 │
└─────────────────────────────────┘

SQL Syntax

REGEXP_LIKE(<expr>, <pat[, match_type]>)

Arguments

ArgumentsDescription
<expr>The string expr that to be matched
<pat>The regular expression
[match_type]Optional. match_type argument is a string that specifying how to perform matching

match_type may contain any or all the following characters:

  • c: Case-sensitive matching.
  • i: Case-insensitive matching.
  • m: Multiple-line mode. Recognize line terminators within the string. The default behavior is to match line terminators only at the start and end of the string expression.
  • n: The . character matches line terminators. The default is for . matching to stop at the end of a line.
  • u: Unix-only line endings. Not be supported now.

Return Type

BIGINT Returns 1 if the string expr matches the regular expression specified by the pattern pat, 0 otherwise. If expr or pat is NULL, the return value is NULL.

SQL Examples

SELECT REGEXP_LIKE('a', '^[a-d]');
┌────────────────────────────┐
│ REGEXP_LIKE('a', '^[a-d]') │
├────────────────────────────┤
│                          1 │
└────────────────────────────┘

SELECT REGEXP_LIKE('abc', 'ABC');
┌───────────────────────────┐
│ REGEXP_LIKE('abc', 'ABC') │
├───────────────────────────┤
│                         1 │
└───────────────────────────┘

SELECT REGEXP_LIKE('abc', 'ABC', 'c');
┌────────────────────────────────┐
│ REGEXP_LIKE('abc', 'ABC', 'c') │
├────────────────────────────────┤
│                              0 │
└────────────────────────────────┘

SELECT REGEXP_LIKE('new*\n*line', 'new\\*.\\*line');

┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ REGEXP_LIKE('new*\n*line', 'new\*.\*line')│
├───────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                         0 │
└───────────────────────────────────────────┘

SELECT REGEXP_LIKE('new*\n*line', 'new\\*.\\*line', 'n');

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ REGEXP_LIKE('new*\n*line', 'new\*.\*line', 'n')│
├────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                              1 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘