Like Operator

Syntax              str1 Like str2

Group                Operator

Description       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.

?                         Match any single character.

*                         Match zero or more characters.

#                         Match a single digit (0-9).

[charlist]             Match any char in the list.

Example            '#Language "WWB-COM"
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