How to define 'contains' in an IF conditions

JLeong · ‎01-21-2019

HI Guys,

Quick question, what is the operator for 'contains'?

My condition is: if category contains 'Europe'

How do I translate that?

I tried - if(categoryLikeEurope), it didnt work.

Thank you!

Alberto Consonn · ‎01-21-2019

Hi,

you have to use the function indexOf.

Please check below an example:

var str = "Hello world, welcome to the universe.";
var n = str.indexOf("welcome");

JavaScript String indexOf() Method

Check also the example in the thread below, it will help you to understand how to use the indexOf in an IF condition:

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=aadc8729db9cdbc01dcaf3231f96...

If I have answered your question, please mark my response as correct so that others with the same question in the future can find it quickly and that it gets removed from the Unanswered list.

Thank you

Cheers
Alberto

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Alberto Consonn · ‎01-21-2019

Happy to know that, welcome 🙂

Stewe Lundin · ‎01-21-2019

Join the array and the use includes()

var arr = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five"];
arr = arr.join(',');

gs.info(arr.includes("two"));
//returns   true

gs.info(arr.includes("foo"));
//returns   false

Pooja Mallikarj · ‎01-21-2019

Hi,

You can also use contains() method to check for condition.

For example,

var v=[" Europe","England"];

if(v.contains("Europe"));

Please mark correct/helpful if it helps for you

Regards,

Pooja