LikeOperator.LikeString(String, String, CompareMethod) Method
Definition
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Performs binary or text string comparison given two strings. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.
public:
static bool LikeString(System::String ^ Source, System::String ^ Pattern, Microsoft::VisualBasic::CompareMethod CompareOption);
public static bool LikeString (string? Source, string? Pattern, Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod CompareOption);
public static bool LikeString (string Source, string Pattern, Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod CompareOption);
static member LikeString : string * string * Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompareMethod -> bool
Public Shared Function LikeString (Source As String, Pattern As String, CompareOption As CompareMethod) As Boolean
Parameters
- Source
- String
The string to compare.
- Pattern
- String
The string against which Source
is being compared.
- CompareOption
- CompareMethod
A CompareMethod enumeration specifying whether or not to use text comparison. If Text, this method uses text comparison; if Binary, this method uses binary comparison.
Returns
True
if the strings match; otherwise, False
.
Remarks
For more information, see Option Compare Statement.