like() Function

Function

like( text, with )

Tests whether a string of text is like a given pattern.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
text	Text	Text to match against pattern.
with	Text	Pattern, where ? is any character, * is zero or more characters, [characters] is any listed character.

Returns

Boolean

Usage considerations

Using wildcards

with accepts the following wildcard characters:

• * - matches one or more characters (including an empty character). Multiple consecutive asterisks (multiple anything) is invalid input; use just one.
• ? - matches any one character. Multiple question marks match the same number of characters.
• [characters] - matches one of the enclosed characters.
• [^characters] - matches anything but the enclosed characters.
• [number-number] - matches a range of numbers created in combination with the enclosed.

Wildcard examples

• b*t matches bet; beat; and beast.

• b?t matches bat ; and bet; and bit.

• a[cr]t matches act and art.
• ab[^bc] matches abd but not abb nor abc.
• [0-2]4 matches 04 and 14 and 24 not 74.

Examples

like("brian","*ian") returns true

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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