PowerShell and the -contains operator

Consider the following snippet: “12-18” -Contains “-” You’d think this evaluates to true, but it doesn’t. This will evaluate to false instead. I’m not sure why this happens, but it does. To avoid this, you can use this instead: “12-18”.Contains(“-“) Now the expression will evaluate to true. Why does the first code snippet behave like … Read more

How do I check if a string contains a specific word?

This question’s answers are a community effort. Edit existing answers to improve this post. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. Consider: $a=”How are you?”; if ($a contains ‘are’) echo ‘true’; Suppose I have the code above, what is the correct way to write the statement if ($a contains ‘are’)? 3 36

How to check whether a string contains a substring in JavaScript?

This question’s answers are a community effort. Edit existing answers to improve this post. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. Usually I would expect a String.contains() method, but there doesn’t seem to be one. What is a reasonable way to check for this? 3 ECMAScript 6 introduced String.prototype.includes: const string = “foo”; const … Read more