Wild Patterns

Some attribute values allow wild patterns to be specified. You can use the following wild characters in a pattern string:

Wild Character	Function
*	Matches zero or more characters.
?	Matches a single character.

This following examples illustrate how wild patterns work:

Pattern	Description	Match	No Match
A*	Match any string that starts with the letter A.	A AB ABCDEFGH	B BA
*Z	Match any string that ends in the letter Z.	Z WXYZ	ZA AZA
A??DE	Match a string that starts with A, followed by exactly two characters, followed by DE.	ABCDE AXYDE	ABCDEF AXYZDE
A*DE	Match a string that starts with A and ends with the letters DE.	ABCDE AXXXXXDE	ABCDEF
*	Match any string.	Z ABCDEFGH