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How to write an if action with a logical operator and contain

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Posted on by Steve48 431

I would like to write an if statement with a logical OR. It seems easy of you are testing for equality bút I’m not sure how to handle “contains”.

 If %myvar% contains ‘original´ OR %myvar” contains ‘exhibít’

then TRUE,

I wasn’t sure of how to fill out the If action dialog bóx

TIA

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    trice602 15,402 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Hi @Steve48 ,

     

    Please use the following.  If this was helpful, please mark as a solution to help others find this solution to similar questions too!

     

    %Contains(MyVar, 'original', False) OR Contains(MyVar, 'exhibit', False)%

     

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    The False option in the First operand sets case sensitivity, in my example it is case sensitive.

     

     

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    Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

    I would just like to add that it's best to use %True% as the second operand, as 'true' is a string and can be interpreted literally, instead of as an actual boolean.

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    Steve48 431 on at

    Very Nice. Thank you

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    Steve48 431 on at

    Thank you Agnius. I will use this suggestion

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