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Function LISTCONTAINS

Determines the index of the first list element that contains a
specified substring.
Returns the index of the first list element that contains
substring. If not found, returns zero.

Example

listcontains(string list,string substring,[string delimiters,[boolean includeEmptyFields,[boolean multiCharacterDelimiter]]]):number

Arguments

The arguments for this function are set. You can not use other arguments except the following ones.
Name Type Required Default Value Description
list string  Yes   a string list  
substring string  Yes   the string to search in the list  
delimiters string  No , Characters that separate list elements. The default value is comma.  
includeEmptyFields boolean  No false if set to true, empty values are included as well  
multiCharacterDelimiter boolean  No false specifying whether the delimiters parameter specifies a multi-character delimiter. If this parameter is true, the delimiters parameter must specify a single delimiter consisting of multiple characters. This parameter enables the ListToArray function to convert a list such as the following to an array of color names: red:|orange:|yellow:|green:|blue:|indigo:|violet.