This operator is used when we want specific pattern from a column in a table .
% : This is called wildcards , it is used before and after the pattern .
Syntax :

select column_name1 .......column_nameN from table_name where column_name like pattern ;

Example :
Table name : Employee_Info

  Id        Employee_name          Employee_Age         Employee _Salary     City 
  1            Mukesh                  23                  120000            Meerut
  2            Ayush                   24                  200000            Baroda
  3            Ishan                   40                  400000            Multan
  4            Pranav                  35                  123,00000         Dehradun
  5            Abhishek                26                  800000            Mussoorie
  6            Ravi                    25                  300000           Pauri-Garhwal
  7            David                   40                  8000              Baghpat

Example :
Query :

select * from Employee_Info where City like ' M% ' ;

Output : All recods will come in which city is starting from letter M .

Id        Employee_name          Employee_Age         Employee _Salary      City
1            Mukesh                  23                  120000            Meerut
3            Ishan                   40                  400000            Multan
5            Abhishek                26                  800000            Mussoorie

Example :
Query :

select * from Employee_Info where City like ' %n ' ;

Output : All recods will come in which city is ending with letter n .

Id        Employee_name          Employee_Age         Employee _Salary      City
 3            Ishan                   40                  400000            Multan
 4            Pranav                  35                  123,00000         Dehradun

Example :
Query :

select * from Employee_Info where City like ' %ss% ' ;

Output : All recods will come in which city containing the pattern " ss " .

Id        Employee_name          Employee_Age         Employee _Salary      City
5            Abhishek                26                  800000            Mussoorie