SYNOPSIS use String::Wildcard::SQL qw(contains_wildcard); say 1 if contains_wildcard("")); # -> 0 say 1 if contains_wildcard("ab%")); # -> 1 say 1 if contains_wildcard("ab\\%")); # -> 0 DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS contains_wildcard($str[, $variant]) => bool Return true if $str contains wildcard pattern. Wildcard patterns include % (meaning zero or more characters) and _ (exactly one character). SEE ALSO Regexp::Wildcards to convert a string with wildcard pattern to equivalent regexp pattern. Can handle Unix wildcards as well as SQL and DOS/Win32. Other String::Wildcard::* modules.