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Pattern Matching PDF

The document discusses different methods for pattern matching in PostgreSQL including LIKE statements, SIMILAR TO statements, and regular expressions (~ operator). It provides details and examples of using wildcards like % and _ with LIKE, and details the syntax of regular expressions including quantifiers, character classes, and anchors.

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Pattern Matching PDF

The document discusses different methods for pattern matching in PostgreSQL including LIKE statements, SIMILAR TO statements, and regular expressions (~ operator). It provides details and examples of using wildcards like % and _ with LIKE, and details the syntax of regular expressions including quantifiers, character classes, and anchors.

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Pattern Matching

1. LIKE statements

Methods 2. SIMILAR TO statements

3. ~ (Regular Expressions)

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LIKE WILDCARDS
The PostgreSQL LIKE condition allows you to perform pattern matching using Wildcards.

Wildcard Explanation
% Allows you to match any string of any length (including zero length)
_ Allows you to match on a single character

LIKE Wildcards A% means starts with A like ABC or ABCDE


%A means anything that ends with A
A%B means starts with A but ends with B

AB_C means string starts with AB, then there is one character, then there is C

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LIKE
The PostgreSQL LIKE condition allows you to perform pattern matching using Wildcards.

SELECT * FROM customer_table


WHERE first_name LIKE 'Jo%’;

SELECT * FROM customer_table


WHERE first_name LIKE '%od%’;

SELECT first_name, last_name FROM customer_table


Example WHERE first_name LIKE 'Jas_n’;

SELECT first_name, last_name FROM customer_table


WHERE last_name NOT LIKE 'J%’;

SELECT * FROM customer_table


WHERE last_name LIKE 'G\%';

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WILDCARDS
Wildcard Explanation
| Denotes alternation (either of two alternatives).
* Denotes repetition of the previous item zero or more times
+ Denotes repetition of the previous item one or more times.
? Denotes repetition of the previous item zero or one time.

REG-EX {m} denotes repetition of the previous item exactly m times.

Wildcards {m,} denotes repetition of the previous item m or more times.


denotes repetition of the previous item at least m and not more
{m,n}
than n times
^,$ ^ denotes start of the string, $ denotes start of the string
[chars] a bracket expression, matching any one of the chars
~* ~ means case sensitive and ~* means case insensitive
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~ OPERATOR

SELECT * FROM customer


WHERE customer_name ~* '^a+[a-z\s]+$'

SELECT * FROM customer


WHERE customer_name ~* '^(a|b|c|d)+[a-z\s]+$'
Example SELECT * FROM customer
WHERE customer_name ~* '^(a|b|c|d)[a-z]{3}\s[a-z]{4}$‘ ;

SELECT * FROM users


WHERE name ~* '[a-z0-9\.\-\_]+@[a-z0-9\-]+\.[a-z]{2,5}';

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