Like Operator
SyntaxGroupstr1 Like str2
OperatorDescription
Return the True if str1 matches pattern str2. The pattern in str2 is one or more of the special character sequences shown in the following table.
Chars Description ? Match any single character. * Match zero or more characters. # Match a single digit (0-9). [charlist] Match any char in the list. [!charlist] Match any char not in the list.
Sub Main Debug.Print "abcdfgcdefg" Like "" ' False Debug.Print "abcdfgcdefg" Like "a*g" ' True Debug.Print "abcdfgcdefg" Like "a*cde*g" ' True Debug.Print "abcdfgcdefg" Like "a*cd*cd*g" ' True Debug.Print "abcdfgcdefg" Like "a*cd*cd*g" ' True Debug.Print "00aa" Like "####" ' False Debug.Print "00aa" Like "????" ' True Debug.Print "00aa" Like "##??" ' True Debug.Print "00aa" Like "*##*" ' True Debug.Print "hk" Like "hk*" ' True End Sub