IN()

Is item in list?

Returns a Yes/No  expression, as follows:

  • TRUE if the search target matches at least one item in the search value.
  • FALSE if the search target matches does not match an item in the search value.

Note: The match is case-insensitive: upper- and lower-case letters are equivalent.

Sample usage

IN("a", {"a", "b", "c"}) returns  TRUE

IN("bc", {"a", "b", "c"}) returns  FALSE

IN("d", {"a", "b", "c"})  returns  FALSE

IN("Red", {"I'm bored!"}) returns  TRUE

IN("@", LIST([Email])) answers the question: is the value of the Email column exactly @ and nothing else? Equivalent to ([Email] = "@") . See also: LIST()

IN(LEFT([Sentence], 1), {".", "?", "!"}) answers the question: is the left-most character of the value of the Sentence ( LEFT([Sentence], 1) ) a period (.), question mark (?), or exclamation mark (!)? Equivalent to CONTAINS(".?!", LEFT([Sentence], 1)) . See also: CONTAINS() , LEFT()

IN(USEREMAIL(), AppUsers[Email]) answers the question: is the current app user's email address ( USEREMAIL() ) found in the list of Email addresses in the AppUsers table ( AppUsers[Email] )? See also: USEREMAIL()

IN(CONTEXT("ViewType"), {"Deck", "Gallery", "Table"}) answers the question: is the currently-displayed view's type Deck , Gallery , or Table ? Equivalent to OR((CONTEXT("ViewType") = "Deck"), (CONTEXT("ViewType") = "Gallery"), (CONTEXT("ViewType") = "Table")) . See also: CONTEXT() , OR()

Syntax

IN( item-to-search-for , list-to-search )

  • item-to-search-for  - Any value to be found. The value's type must be compatible with that of the items of the search list ( list-to-search ).
  • list-to-search  - A list of items ( EnumList or List ) to be searched. The type of items must be compatible with that of the search target ( item-to-search-for ).

See also

CONTAINS()

FIND()

INTERSECT()

LIST()

SPLIT()

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