Is there a contains function in Cry

[ronnutter]

Is there a contains function in Crystal. I want to search on a string field that contains a certain phrase.

ex.
record1 - abc glen street, 23456
record2 - xyz glen street, 23457
record3 - glen 12457 st., 23456

i want the search to contain 'glen' so it will pull all three records.

thanks,

 

[mbarron]

For your select expert use:
"glen" in {address.field} Mike

 

[dgillz]

InStr("string&quot will return the character number, as an integer of where "string" is first encountered. If it is not encountered it will return a zero.

InStrRev() works much the same way only it starts at the right of the string instead of the left.

Hope this helps. Software Support for Macola, Crystal Reports and Goldmine

 

[ronnutter]

thanks for the responses:

a KISS approach is to use like in the select expert.

{bill_address.address} like "*glen*" for the above example.

thanks,

 

[mbarron]

I've had problems with the like function when the field I was checking had variable length strings. Mike

 

[kenhamady]

Try them all and see which works best. Usually when a Variable length string is a problem, it means that CR is reading it as a Memo field and can't process it in any formula. If that is the case then none of these approaches will work. See faq149-276. Ken Hamady, On-site Custom Crystal Reports Training & Consulting
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