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Microsoft Access - Class 3 - Part XIII

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The Like Operator

The Like operator lets you create expressions with literals that use the wildcard characters.

* Represents any group characters
? Represents any single characters
# Single Digit
[..] Character List
[!..] not in Character List

For example, the expression [Last Name] Like "A*" is evaluated as true for any record with a value in the Last Name field that begins with A.

If you are interested in a text field where the second letter is "a", the criteria would be:
Like "?a*".

If you were seeking values where the second letter could be an "a" or "e", the criteria would be: Like "?[ae]*".

The opposite of this (all values that do not have "a" or "e" as the second letter) is performed by adding an "!": Like "?[!ae]*".

Finally, to select a range of letters (say "a" through "e"), add a dash between the letters:
Like "?[a-e]*".

 


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