Crystal Reports – How to test if string contains

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The following formula shows how to test if a text field contains particular text.

For example:

Value Formula Result
a quick brown fox InStr( {value}, ‘red’ ) false
a quick brown fox InStr( {value}, ‘brown’ ) true

Note: the InStr function is case sensitive – if you want to test case insensitive you need to convert the value to lowercase first. For example

InStr( lcase( {value} ), 'brown' ) > 0

Reference: http://www.crystalreportsbook.com/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2409