This topic describes how to use the LIKE operator for character matching.

In LIKE character matching, % is used to match a string that consists of zero or more characters, and _ is used to match a single character.

To match the % or _ character itself, you must escape the character. Use \\% or \\_ to match the % or _ character. 
'abcd' like 'ab%' -- true
'abcd' like 'ab_' -- false
'ab_cde' like 'ab\\_c%'; -- true
Notice MaxCompute SQL statements support only UTF-8 character sets. If data is encoded in another format, the calculation result may be incorrect.