LikeOperator.LikeString(String, String, CompareMethod) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: LikeOperator.vb

Source:: LikeOperator.vb

Source:: LikeOperator.vb

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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

Boolean

True if the strings match; otherwise, False.

Remarks

For more information, see Option Compare Statement.

Applies to