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StringContainsQ
  • See Also
    • StringFreeQ
    • StringCount
    • StringCases
    • StringPosition
    • StringMatchQ
    • StringStartsQ
    • StringEndsQ
    • StringDelete
    • StringExpression
    • RegularExpression
  • Related Guides
    • String Manipulation
    • String Patterns
    • String Operations
    • Biomolecular Sequences
  • Tech Notes
    • Operations on Strings
    • String Patterns
    • Working with String Patterns
    • See Also
      • StringFreeQ
      • StringCount
      • StringCases
      • StringPosition
      • StringMatchQ
      • StringStartsQ
      • StringEndsQ
      • StringDelete
      • StringExpression
      • RegularExpression
    • Related Guides
      • String Manipulation
      • String Patterns
      • String Operations
      • Biomolecular Sequences
    • Tech Notes
      • Operations on Strings
      • String Patterns
      • Working with String Patterns

StringContainsQ["string",patt]

yields True if any substring in "string" matches the string expression patt, and yields False otherwise.

StringContainsQ["string",{patt1,patt2,…}]

yields True if any substring matches any of the patti.

StringContainsQ[{"string1","string2",…},patt]

gives a list of the results for each of the "stringi".

StringContainsQ[patt]

represents an operator form of StringContainsQ that can be applied to an expression.

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BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • StringFreeQ
    • StringCount
    • StringCases
    • StringPosition
    • StringMatchQ
    • StringStartsQ
    • StringEndsQ
    • StringDelete
    • StringExpression
    • RegularExpression
  • Related Guides
    • String Manipulation
    • String Patterns
    • String Operations
    • Biomolecular Sequences
  • Tech Notes
    • Operations on Strings
    • String Patterns
    • Working with String Patterns
    • See Also
      • StringFreeQ
      • StringCount
      • StringCases
      • StringPosition
      • StringMatchQ
      • StringStartsQ
      • StringEndsQ
      • StringDelete
      • StringExpression
      • RegularExpression
    • Related Guides
      • String Manipulation
      • String Patterns
      • String Operations
      • Biomolecular Sequences
    • Tech Notes
      • Operations on Strings
      • String Patterns
      • Working with String Patterns

StringContainsQ

StringContainsQ["string",patt]

yields True if any substring in "string" matches the string expression patt, and yields False otherwise.

StringContainsQ["string",{patt1,patt2,…}]

yields True if any substring matches any of the patti.

StringContainsQ[{"string1","string2",…},patt]

gives a list of the results for each of the "stringi".

StringContainsQ[patt]

represents an operator form of StringContainsQ that can be applied to an expression.

Details and Options

  • The string expression patt can contain any of the objects specified in the notes for StringExpression.
  • StringContainsQ takes the following options:
  • IgnoreCase Falsewhether to turn off case-sensitive matching
  • Setting the option IgnoreCase->True makes StringContainsQ treat lowercase and uppercase letters as equivalent.
  • StringContainsQ[patt][expr] is equivalent to StringContainsQ[expr,patt].
  • StringConstainsQ[BioSequence["type","seq"],patt] checks the string "seq" against patt. In this case, degenerate letters in patt are interpreted as wildcard patterns based on the type of biomolecular sequence. Use Verbatim["patt"] to match degenerate letters literally.
  • The documentation for BioSequence lists the degenerate letters supported by each type of biomolecular sequence.
  • If the biomolecular sequence operated upon by StringContainsQ is circular, wraparound matches are possible.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Test whether a string contains a substring matching the pattern:

Give a list of strings as input:

Use the operator form of StringContainsQ:

Use the operator form to select strings:

Scope  (10)

Use string patterns:

Use a regular expression:

Mix regular expressions and string patterns:

Use pattern matching for dates:

Test for occurrences of either pattern:

StringContainsQ automatically threads over lists of strings:

Check whether a biomolecular sequence contains a particular substring:

Use a wildcard in the pattern compared against a biomolecular sequence:

The "N" is a degenerate letter only in biomolecular sequences:

Check for literal degenerate letters using Verbatim:

Circular sequences support wraparound checks:

Options  (2)

IgnoreCase  (2)

Use IgnoreCaseTrue to check for the presence of substrings regardless of case:

The operator representation of a case-independent check:

Applications  (1)

Pick all the lines that contain a substring that matches the pattern:

Line numbers with corresponding texts that contain "noon" or "day of":

Properties & Relations  (9)

StringContainsQ threads over lists of strings in the first argument:

StringContainsQ["string",{patt1,patt2,…}] is equivalent to StringContainsQ["string",Alternatives[patt1,patt2,…]]:

StringFreeQ["string",patt] is equivalent to !StringContainsQ["string",patt]:

Use StringMatchQ to check whether a whole string matches a pattern:

StringContainsQ checks whether a substring matches a pattern:

StringContainsQ generally returns True when StringMatchQ is True:

StringContainsQ["string",patt] is equivalent to StringMatchQ["string",___~~patt~~___]:

StringStartsQ["string",patt] is equivalent to StringContainsQ["string",StartOfString~~patt]:

StringEndsQ["string",patt] is equivalent to StringContainsQ["string",patt~~EndOfString]:

Get the starting and ending positions where a substring occurs by using StringPosition:

Use StringCases to extract substrings matching a given pattern:

See Also

StringFreeQ  StringCount  StringCases  StringPosition  StringMatchQ  StringStartsQ  StringEndsQ  StringDelete  StringExpression  RegularExpression

Function Repository: StringContainsAll

Tech Notes

    ▪
  • Operations on Strings
  • ▪
  • String Patterns
  • ▪
  • Working with String Patterns

Related Guides

    ▪
  • String Manipulation
  • ▪
  • String Patterns
  • ▪
  • String Operations
  • ▪
  • Biomolecular Sequences

Related Links

  • An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language : Tests and Conditionals

History

Introduced in 2015 (10.1) | Updated in 2020 (12.2)

Wolfram Research (2015), StringContainsQ, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringContainsQ.html (updated 2020).

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), StringContainsQ, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringContainsQ.html (updated 2020).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "StringContainsQ." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringContainsQ.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). StringContainsQ. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringContainsQ.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_stringcontainsq, author="Wolfram Research", title="{StringContainsQ}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringContainsQ.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-February-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_stringcontainsq, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={StringContainsQ}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringContainsQ.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-February-2026]}

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