# List (segment) criteria

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-segment-criteria/3705>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [May 11, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-segment-criteria/3705 "2016-05-11T08:22:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Beloa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/beloa/32/1397_2.png) [@Beloa](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Beloa)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-segment-criteria/3705/1 "2016-05-11T08:22:15Z")

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Hello  
  
  
  
Is there a way to have a “begins with” filter ?  
  
  
  
FYI, a query like  
  
(“field name” like “ab” )  
  
gives contacts containing “ab” in the “field name” ; I only want those beginning with “ab”  
  
  
  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Beloa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/beloa/32/1397_2.png) [@Beloa](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Beloa)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-segment-criteria/3705/2 "2016-05-11T08:22:15Z")

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Hello

Is there a way to have a “begins with” filter ?

FYI, a query like  
(“field name” like “ab” )  
gives contacts containing “ab” in the “field name” ; I only want those beginning with “ab”

Thanks

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**Author:** ![martinstrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/martinstrom/32/433_2.png) [@martinstrom](https://forum.mautic.org/u/martinstrom)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-segment-criteria/3705/3 "2016-05-11T12:22:28Z")

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+1  
Yes I am really missing this condition too for sorting out specific email addresses.  
A filter condition with the possibility of choosing “begins with” and “ends with” would be great.

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**Author:** ![nisimjoseph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9a140/32.png) [@nisimjoseph](https://forum.mautic.org/u/nisimjoseph)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-segment-criteria/3705/4 "2016-05-29T18:32:46Z")

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so what the “like” filter do?  
isn’t it something like those?

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**Author:** ![Beloa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/beloa/32/1397_2.png) [@Beloa](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Beloa)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-segment-criteria/3705/5 "2016-07-04T06:49:22Z")

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@nisimjoseph:  
“like” takes everything including a pattern.  
For “abc”, it would should “abcdef” and “defabc”