LINQ using Wildcards

EnumerableExtensions.cs

// Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3102250/linq-search-using-wildcards-character-like
public static class EnumerableExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<T> MatchesWildcard<T>(this IEnumerable<T> sequence, Func<T,string> expression, string pattern)
    {
        var regEx = WildcardToRegex(pattern);
        return sequence.Where(item => Regex.IsMatch(expression(item), regEx));
    }

    public static string WildcardToRegex(string pattern)
    {
        return "^" + Regex.Escape(pattern).
        Replace("\\*", ".*").
        Replace("\\?", ".") + "$";
    }
}

EnumerableExtensionsUsage.cs

void Main()
{
    var items = new[] { new MyObj { MyProperty = "ABC123" },
                        new MyObj { MyProperty = "123ABC" },
                        new MyObj { MyProperty = "123ABC456" },
    };

    var matches = items.MatchesWildcard(item => item.MyProperty, "???ABC");
}