Question

I am trying to write a c# search function that supports “%” in SQL like operator in searching.
For eg,

“%m%” will match all strings like below.

• some
• me
• sum
• etc..

“%m%e” will match strings something like “some”.

Answer 1

static bool Like(string expression, string value)
{
    return Regex.IsMatch(value, "^" + 
        Regex.Escape(expression).Replace("%", @"[\s\S]*?") + "$", 
        RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
}