IN operator is used to match the value from the list of values.
It is a short form of multiple OR condition.
In SELECT Statement
Syntax:-
SELECT column(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column
IN (value1, value2.......valueN)
Example:- Suppose we have employees table which has 7 records
+----+------------+-----------+----------------+-----------+
| id | first_name | last_name | email | country |
+----+------------+-----------+----------------+-----------+
| 1 | John | Tailor | john@abc.com | USA |
| 2 | Rom | Tailor | rom@abc.com | USA |
| 3 | Andrew | Symonds | andrew@abc.com | Australia |
| 4 | Miacle | Tailor | miacle@abc.com | Australia |
| 5 | Sachin | Tendulkar | sachin@abc.com | India |
| 6 | Virat | Kohli | virat@abc.com | India |
| 7 | rohit | NULL | rohit@abc.com | India |
Q:- Find the employees that have last_name Tendulkar OR Kohli
SELECT * FROM employees
WHERE last_name IN ('Tendulkar', 'Kohli');
Output:-
+----+------------+-----------+----------------+---------+
| id | first_name | last_name | email | country |
+----+------------+-----------+----------------+---------+
| 5 | Sachin | Tendulkar | sachin@abc.com | India |
| 6 | Virat | Kohli | virat@abc.com | India |
+----+------------+-----------+----------------+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)