daft.functions.like#

def like(expr: Expression, pattern: str | Expression) -> Expression:
    """Checks whether each string matches the given SQL LIKE pattern, case sensitive.

    Returns:
        Expression: a Boolean expression indicating whether each value matches the provided pattern

    Note:
        Use % as a multiple-character wildcard or _ as a single-character wildcard.

    Examples:
        >>> import daft
        >>> from daft.functions import like
        >>> df = daft.from_pydict({"x": ["daft", "query", "engine"]})
        >>> df = df.select(like(df["x"], "daf%"))
        >>> df.show()
        ╭───────╮
        │ x     │
        │ ---   │
        │ Bool  │
        ╞═══════╡
        │ true  │
        ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
        │ false │
        ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
        │ false │
        ╰───────╯
        <BLANKLINE>
        (Showing first 3 of 3 rows)

    """
    return Expression._call_builtin_scalar_fn("like", expr, pattern)