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Stored procedures
Allows you to check if a substring is within a string.
Example
sMyString is string = "Antananarivo"
IF sMyString.Contains("NA") = False THEN
Info("This string does not contain the NA syllabus")
END
arrString is array of strings = ["WINDEV","WEBDEV"]
sTest is string = "WEBDEV 28"
 
IF sTest.Contains(arrString) THEN
Info("This string contains WINDEV or WEBDEV")
END
Syntax

Checking if a string contains a substring Hide the details

<Result> = <String to analyze>.Contains(<Substring> [, <Options>])
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the string contains a substring.
  • False otherwise.
<String to analyze>: String to use
Character string to use.
<Substring>: Ansi, Unicode or Binary string
Search substring.
<Options>: Integer constant
Method to search for the substring:
IgnoreCaseCase and accent insensitive search (ignores uppercase/lowercase differences).
WholeWordSearches for a whole word (between punctuation characters or spaces).

By default, the search is case-sensitive and takes into account all specified strings (even if they are part of a word).

Checking if a string contains one of the strings in an array Hide the details

<Result> = <String to analyze>.Contains(<Array of search strings> [, <Options>])
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the string contains one of the strings in the array.
  • False otherwise.
<String to analyze>: String to use
Character string to use.
<Array of search strings>: Array
Name of the array containing the search strings.
<Options>: Integer constant
Method to search for the substring:
IgnoreCaseCase and accent insensitive search (ignores uppercase/lowercase differences).
WholeWordSearches for a whole word (between punctuation characters or spaces).

By default, the search is case-sensitive and takes into account all specified strings (even if they are part of a word).
Component: wd290vm.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 28
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