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FORMULA LANGUAGE

@Contains
Example

Determines whether a substring is stored within a string.

Syntax

@Contains( string ; substring )

Parameters

string

Text or text list. The string(s) you want to search.

substring

Text or text list. The string(s) you want to search for in

string.

Return value

flag

Boolean.

Returns true (1) if any substring is contained in one of the strings
Returns false (0) if no substrings are contained in any of the strings

Note

If any element in the substrings is a null string(""), this function always returns true.

Usage

This function is case-sensitive.

If either parameter is a list, the function returns 1 if any element of parameter 1 contains any element of parameter 2.

You cannot use this function to test for substrings in a rich text field.

Avoid using this function to test for an exact match (that is, parameter 2 equals parameter 1). The result will be wrong if parameter 1 is not an exact match but does contain parameter 2. Use the equal operator or @IsMember, which will give the desired result and are more efficient.

Language cross-reference

InStr function in the LotusScript language

Example
See Also

Locating and extracting substrings