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  • Right now, every word is split up (seperated by spaces) and tested with an OR condition between them (unless it's a regular expression).
  • The pattern matches if it occurs anywhere in the value being tested. (SQL patterns match only if they match the entire value.)
For MySQL style pattern matching
  • Order of the words matters.
  • Use '_' to match any single character and '%' to match an arbitrary number of characters (including zero characters).
  • '.' matches any single character.
  • A character class '[...]' matches any character within the brackets. For example, '[abc]' matches 'a', 'b', or 'c'. To name a range of characters, use a dash. '[a-z]' matches any lowercase letter, whereas '[0-9]' matches any digit.
  • '*' matches zero or more instances of the thing preceding it. For example, 'x*' matches any number of 'x' characters, '[0-9]*' matches any number of digits, and '.*' matches any number of anything.
For regular expression style pattern matching
  • Order of words doesn't matter depending on the pattern you use.
  • Put one forward slash (/) before and one after your search to make it a regular expression.
  • Regular expressions are case sensitive, but you can use a character class to match both lettercases if you wish. For example, '[aA]' matches lowercase or uppercase 'a' and '[a-zA-Z]' matches any letter in either case.
  • To anchor a pattern so that it must match the beginning or end of the value being tested, use '^' at the beginning or '$' at the end of the pattern.


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