Top "Wildcard" questions

A wildcard character is any character that can be used to substitute for any other character or characters in a string.

Can the "IN" operator use LIKE-wildcards (%) in Oracle?

I have searched this question, and found an answer in MySQL but this is one of those incidents where the …

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Need to perform Wildcard (*,?, etc) search on a string using Regex

I need to perform Wildcard (*, ?, etc.) search on a string. This is what I have done: string input = "Message"; string …

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using wildcards in LDAP search filters/queries

I have very limited knowledge in AD and LDAP queries so I have a simple question on how to use …

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How to implement a SQL like 'LIKE' operator in java?

I need a comparator in java which has the same semantics as the sql 'like' operator. For example: myComparator.like("…

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How to use a wildcard in the classpath to add multiple jars?

I have been using so many 3rd party libraries(jar files) that my CLASSPATH is completely messed up as i …

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SQL Server using wildcard within IN

Since I believe this should be a basic question I know this question has probably been asked, but I am …

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Matching strings with wildcard

I would like to match strings with a wildcard (*), where the wildcard means "any". For example: *X = string must end …

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Pattern matching using a wildcard

How do I identify a string using a wildcard? I've found glob2rx, but I don't quite understand how to …

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Using SED with wildcard

I want to replace a string with wildcard but it doesn't work. The string looks like "some-string-8" I wrote sed …

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Excel VBA: Select Case if ActiveCell like "*string*"

I'm working on a macro that takes the current value of the ActiveCell and changes that value based on a …

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