Whether text matches a pattern

x like y    like[x;y]

Where

• x is a symbol or string
• y is a pattern as a string

returns a boolean: whether x matches the pattern of y.

q)`quick like "qu?ck"
1b
q)`brown like "br[ao]wn"
1b
q)`quickly like "quick*"
1b

Absent pattern characters in y, like is equivalent to {y~string x}.

q)`quick like "quick"
1b
q)`quick like "quickish"
0b