like {data.table} | R Documentation |
Intended for use in [.data.table i.
like(vector,pattern) vector
vector |
Either a character vector or a factor. A factor is faster. |
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"]