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How to match portion of string between two fields in splunk

obais9346
Engager

Example:

field1=ADOBE INC.

field2=ADOBE SYSTEMS&sep1; INCORPORATED

i want to match this as both fields containing "ADOBE" in string, i am a advanced beginner to splunk 

i have tried below condition in my splunk search but no luck(did not work)

..........| eval results= if(like(field1,"%".field2."%"),"Yes","No")

Please help and it is appreciated.

Thank You:)

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obais9346
Engager

Thanks for making me understand

But my requirement is to match 

field1=ADOBE INC.

field2=ADOBE SYSTEMS&sep1; INCORPORATED

How do i achieve this?

thanks in advance!

 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Are you expecting these to fields to appear equal in some way? If so, what criterion do you want to use to say that they are equal? 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You won't get a match because field2 does not exist in field1, but also field1 doesn't exist in field2, but if field1 was just "ADOBE" it would match

| makeresults
| eval field1="ADOBE"
| eval field2="ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED"
| eval result=if(like(field2,"%".field1."%"),"Yes","No")
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