contains

Compares two strings and evaluates to true if the first contains the second, false if not.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

string contains substring

# Params

- string : The string and substring are both strings of characters, or expressions that evaluate to strings. - substring :

# Examples

"ABC" contains "A" -- evaluates to true

"123" contains "13" -- evaluates to false

# Description

Use the contains operator to find out whether a string contains a substring.

If the substring is found in the string, the contains operation evaluates to true.

If each character of the substring can be found in the string, but the characters are separated, the contains operation evaluates to false.

# Tags

text processing,

# See

- **keyword:** string, characters - **glossary:** operator, operation, evaluate, string - **operator:** [[=]], <>, is in, is among, is not among, ends with, is not in