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

func.regexp_like(<expr>, <pat[, match_type]>)
func.regexp_like('a', '^[a-d]')
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│ func.regexp_like('a', '^[a-d]') │
├─────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
REGEXP_LIKE(<expr>, <pat[, match_type]>)
Arguments Description
<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.

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.

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 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘