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contains

Determines if a given string is a substring of a string.

This function does not generate an event.

Function

str.contains(search_string)

Arguments

Argument Type Description
search_string str (required) The characters to be searched for in the string.

Return value

Returns true if the given characters are found as a substring and otherwise false.

Example

This code shows an example using contains():

'the answer to life the universe and everything'.contains('life');

Return value in JSON format

true