check if the input string is in the list of strings

[aambasht1626789554]

I have a context parameter context.input_cities with values 'chicago','new york'

How do i check if the input string is in conext.input_cities?

[gjeremy1617088143]

Hi, Maybe you can use tFixedFlowInput or tRowGenerator to read your input as a string then you can use tNormalize component to transform your coma separated value input into a flow and then you can do a lookup with this flow.

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[aambasht1626789554]

thanks!is there any easy function to use like stringhandling.equals?

[gjeremy1617088143]

yes, but you can but you have to set this fonction for each value of your list, with full component solution I provide(these components are really easy to understand) it will be maintenable and don't need to be change if you're doing change in the list

[aambasht1626789554]

i was asking if there was a function that could take take context.input_cities and input string as two arguments and perform the search

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[Anonymous]

Using the String.contains("value") function?eg:

context.input_cities.contains(row1.columnName)

[gjeremy1617088143]

The contains way is a solution, but it is prone to false positives: it will match a sub-string like , or space or new etc...

you can make a custom routine with split string method :

String[] splitString = ((your list).split(","));

for (String string : splitString) {

if (string.equals(your input)) {return true;}

}

return false;

and for better performance you can separate the split from the search, to split only once the String.