inlist.adoc

inList()

Important

Deprecated in 5.0. Replaced with method split() of the string instance. Sample usage: "b" in "a,b,c".split(",")

inList(string, separator, token) => Boolean

Split input string by separator into elements and compare each element with token.

Table 1. Parameters

string	Input string.
separator	Elements separator.
token	Pattern to compare with.

Return

True if token is found in input string.

Example

>>> inList("1,2,3", ",", "1")
true
>>> inList("ab|cd|ef", "|", "test")
false