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      Article summary

      The function fn:contains determines whether a target string contains a specified substring. The value returned is a Boolean data type.

      Example

      The job title Manager is stored in the attribute ​user.CustomAttribute['job title']​ and is always entered as "Manager". All recipients with this job title receive a special line of text in their message. The line of text is inserted into the message using an InsertIf statement, which is constructed as follows:

      <%InsertIf expression="${fn:contains(user.CustomAttribute['job title'], 'Manager')}"%>Text<%/InsertIf%>

      Structure

      fn:contains(string, string)

      Parameters

      Parameter

      Description

      string

      Specifies the target string.

      string

      The value (substring) used to query the target.

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