Method like

lib/sqlalchemy/sql/operators.py:698–724

r"""Implement the ``like`` operator. In a column context, produces the expression: .. sourcecode:: sql a LIKE other E.g.:: stmt = select(sometable).where(sometable.c.column.like("%foobar%")) :param other: expression to be compared

(
        self, other: Any, escape: Optional[str] = None
    )

        return self.reverse_operate(concat_op, other)

    def like(
        self, other: Any, escape: Optional[str] = None
    ) -> ColumnOperators:
        r"""Implement the ``like`` operator.

        In a column context, produces the expression:

        .. sourcecode:: sql

            a LIKE other

        E.g.::

            stmt = select(sometable).where(sometable.c.column.like("%foobar%"))

        :param other: expression to be compared
        :param escape: optional escape character, renders the ``ESCAPE``
          keyword, e.g.::

            somecolumn.like("foo/%bar", escape="/")

        .. seealso::

            :meth:`.ColumnOperators.ilike`

        """
        return self.operate(like_op, other, escape=escape)

    def ilike(
        self, other: Any, escape: Optional[str] = None