StringMatchQ—Wolfram Language Documentation [proxy]

StringMatchQ["string",patt]

tests whether "string" matches the string pattern patt.

StringMatchQ[{s₁,s₂,…},p]

gives the list of results for each of the s_i.

Details and Options

StringMatchQ allows both ordinary StringExpression string patterns, as well as abbreviated string patterns containing the following metacharacters:
* zero or more characters

@ one or more characters, excluding uppercase letters

\\*, etc. literal *, etc.
Verbatim["p"] specifies the verbatim string "p", with * and @ treated literally.
Setting the option IgnoreCase->True makes StringMatchQ treat lowercase and uppercase letters as equivalent.
Setting the option SpellingCorrection->True makes StringMatchQ allow strings to match even if a small fraction of their characters are different.
StringMatchQ[form][expr] is equivalent to StringMatchQ[expr,form].

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Test whether a string pattern matches a particular string:

Use abbreviated string patterns:

Use the operator form of StringMatchQ:

Use string patterns:

Use a regular expression:

Use pattern matching for dates:

Mixed regular expressions and string patterns:

StringMatchQ automatically threads over lists of strings:

With IgnoreCase -> True, uppercase and lowercase are treated the same:

Find all words that contain double letters:

StringMatchQ does not work on strings with embedded formatting information:

Spelling correction only works for letter string patterns:

	*	zero or more characters
	@	one or more characters, excluding uppercase letters
	\\*, etc.	literal *, etc.