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.

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

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.

This function is case-sensitive.

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

Language cross-reference

InStr function in the LotusScript language

Example
See Also

@Begins
@Ends
@Left
@LeftBack
@Middle
@MiddleBack
@Right
@RightBack
Locating and extracting substrings
Contains method
containsValue method
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