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REGEXP

regexp

description

syntax

BOOLEAN regexp(VARCHAR str, VARCHAR pattern)

Perform regular matching on the string str, return true if it matches, and return false if it doesn't match. pattern is a regular expression.

Character set matching requires the use of Unicode standard character classes. For example, to match Chinese, use \p{Han}.

example

--- Find all data starting with 'billie' in the k1 field
mysql> select k1 from test where k1 regexp '^billie';
+--------------------+
| k1 |
+--------------------+
| billie eillish |
+--------------------+

--- Find all data ending with 'ok' in the k1 field:
mysql> select k1 from test where k1 regexp 'ok$';
+----------+
| k1 |
+----------+
| It's ok |
+----------+

mysql> select regexp('这是一段中文This is a passage in English 1234567', '\\p{Han}');
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ('这是一段中文This is a passage in English 1234567' regexp '\p{Han}') |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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