_ (Wildcard - Match One Character) (Transact-SQL)

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Matches any single character in a string comparison operation that involves pattern matching, such as LIKE and PATINDEX.

Examples

The following example uses the _ operator to find all the people in the Person table, who have a three-letter first name that ends in an.

USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM Person.Person
WHERE FirstName LIKE '_an'
ORDER BY FirstName;

See Also

Reference

LIKE (Transact-SQL)

PATINDEX (Transact-SQL)

Percent character (Wildcard - Character(s) to Match) (Transact-SQL)

[ ] (Wildcard - Character(s) to Match) (Transact-SQL)

[^] (Wildcard - Character(s) Not to Match) (Transact-SQL)