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Femina,

What I do is to place the text for which I am searching in a temp variable.

Let’s say I want to see if the text ‘ text ‘ ( note there is a space at the begging and end) is contained in an input field.

I set a temp variable

COPY = text –> @contains   (note again space at beginning and end)

Then

IF field ct @contains

   Whatever Actions you want…

Note I only use the example with spaces to show that there can be spaces in the contains value – also note field above in the IF would be replaced by the address path to whatevere field you want to test.

Jim K, one question,

if I set a temp variable

COPY = M F O

Jim,

I just tested this Cloverleaf 5.6 and it worked fine for me.

I set @contains to your value, did the IF (with else) referenced an inbound HL/7 field that is null and the False path was appropriately taken.

Jim,

I just tested this Cloverleaf 5.6 and it worked fine for me.

I set @contains to your value, did the IF (with else) referenced an inbound HL/7 field that is null and the False path was appropriately taken.

After a phone call to Jim (thanks Jim!) I came to understand that “ct” operator does not work like a “list search”, but rather like a “string match”.    I completely misunderstood the point of the command, and my initial tests matched my expected outcomes, only confirming my misinterpretations.    Oh well, better to learn now then after I move something to production.    

Thanks again Jim.