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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Best way to search a Suvstring inside a String</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/best-practices/28908/best-way-to-search-a-suvstring-inside-a-string</link><description>I have a string something like &amp;quot;***-***&amp;quot; I just want to check if the string contains &amp;quot;-&amp;quot;? What is the best way to achieve that?</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Best way to search a Suvstring inside a String</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/114090?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:36:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b81452dc-f085-404d-9d28-4f40f0b241fb</guid><dc:creator>Stewart Burchell</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Could be a daily post, Stefan: &amp;quot;Random Function of the Day&amp;quot; and see how far you can push each!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Best way to search a Suvstring inside a String</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/114034?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 18:37:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:21dde56f-56f0-4931-b16f-e267126c9511</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Helzle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This is something I tell any Appian junior I get in contact with. You need to know your toolbox! Pick a random Appian function every day and find out what it does and toy around with it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Best way to search a Suvstring inside a String</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/114018?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:19:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:864b8fee-3d7d-4753-9085-9649e5ff338d</guid><dc:creator>Harshit Bumb (Appyzie)</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text"&gt;like(local!text,&amp;quot;*-*&amp;quot;)&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Best way to search a Suvstring inside a String</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/114000?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:16:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:206dfc01-eaed-4f06-b16b-761396aefb47</guid><dc:creator>Mike Schmitt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;When I was newer to Appian I just kept &lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/23.2/Appian_Functions.html"&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; (or its ancient equivalent) basically always open in a browser tab, and would just fish through it when I had a question, or sometimes browse through it anyway and see if it gave me ideas of new things to try.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Best way to search a Suvstring inside a String</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/113992?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:24:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:be692131-59f7-4434-a0a5-04ec6be7f5b6</guid><dc:creator>faraza4154</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I used find I think I was sending parameters incorrectly thanks for sharing this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Best way to search a Suvstring inside a String</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/113988?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:14:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:06133af3-2ec5-4bbd-9c5b-1f73ac93fcf4</guid><dc:creator>sanchitg0002</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;There are many possible ways to do it, but you can try this&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="java"&gt;or(find(&amp;quot;-&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;***-***&amp;quot; ))&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>