like {data.table} | R Documentation |
Intended for use in i
in [.data.table
.
like(vector,pattern) vector %like% pattern
vector |
Either a |
pattern |
Passed on to |
Logical vector, TRUE
for items that match pattern
.
Current implementation does not make use of sorted keys.
DT = data.table(Name=c("Mary","George","Martha"), Salary=c(2,3,4)) DT[Name %like% "^Mar"]