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Contains

Searches for specified substring(s) in a text value (case-sensitive). Returns True if found, False otherwise.

Category: text

Syntax:

Contains([string_column], "substring", |substring2|, ...)

Returns: BooleanColumn

Context Filtering: ✓ Yes

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
string_column column ✓ Yes A column to search for text values.
substring text ✓ Yes Substring to search for in the text value. Up to 5 substrings can be provided.

Allowed Column Types: STRING, TEXT

Validation

  • Minimum parameters: 2
  • Maximum parameters: 6

Examples

Contains([Product Name], "Digital Camera")

Searches for substring in each product name.

  • Upper - Convert to uppercase for standardization
  • Lower - Convert to lowercase for case-insensitive operations