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contains Function

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

Returns True if the first argument string contains the second argument string; otherwise returns False.

Syntax

            boolean contains(string, string)

Parameters

  • string
    A string.
  • string
    A string.

Return Value

True if the first argument string contains the second argument string; otherwise returns False.

Remarks

If an argument is not of type string, it is first converted to a string and then evaluated.

The following function call returns False.

contains("mysampletest", "oba")

See Also

Reference

XPath String Functions