contains

Summary

Checks if an array contains a specific element.

Usage

input|contains( element )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
element	any	The element that should be matched.	Yes.

Returns

TRUE if the element is found, FALSE if not.

Description

This operator checks if the input array contains a specific element (specified using the first parameter). If it does, the operator will return TRUE, otherwise FALSE will be returned.

Examples

Example 1

{array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 )|contains( 3 )}

Returns TRUE.

Example 2

{array( 1, array( 3, 4 ), 5 )|contains( array( 3, 4 ) )}

Returns TRUE.

Example 3

{array( 1, array( 3, 4 ), 5 )|contains( 3 )}

Returns FALSE.