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strings.containsAny() function

strings.containsAny() reports whether a specified string contains characters from another string.

Function type signature
(chars: string, v: string) => bool
For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

v

(Required) String value to search.

chars

(Required) Characters to search for.

Examples

Filter based on the presence of a specific characters in a column value

import "sampledata"
import "strings"

sampledata.string()
    |> filter(fn: (r) => strings.containsAny(v: r._value, chars: "a79"))

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