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    Categories: String, Regular Expressions

    REGEXP_LIKE

    Returns true when the specified regular expression matches values in a column. Otherwise, returns false.

    Syntax

    REGEXP_LIKE(input string, regex string) → boolean

    • input: The expression to test.
    • regex: The Perl-compatible regular expression (PCRE) to use for the test.

    Examples

    REGEXP_LIKE example 
    SELECT REGEXP_LIKE('the data lakehouse', '.*?\Qlake\E.*?')
-- True
    REGEXP_LIKE example 
    SELECT Category, REGEXP_LIKE(Category, '.*?\Q-\E.*?') 
FROM Samples."samples.dremio.com"."SF_incidents2016.json" 
LIMIT 5

-- Category, EXPR$1
-- WEAPON LAWS, false
-- WEAPON LAWS, false
-- WARRANTS, false
-- NON-CRIMINAL, true
-- NON-CRIMINAL, true

    Usage Notes

    This function is identical to the function REGEXP_MATCHES.