Function

wherecontains( values, array )

Receives one or more values and returns an array of indices that indicate the position of the values within the array.

See also:

• where(): Use this function to return indices of an array that evaluate to true, instead of items that match a user-defined value.
• index(): Use this function to return the values of an array at the indices you gathered with the wherecontains() function.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
values	Any Type Array	The values to find.
array	Any Type Array	The array in which the values are found.

Returns

Integer Array

Usage considerations

When to use wherecontains()

This function is useful for finding which items in a CDT array have the same value for a field.

You can then use that array of indices as the index argument for the index() function in order to pull the values for another field in that CDT array. This will give you all the values in the second field that have a matching value in the first field. An example is displayed below.

Argument types and formatting

The arguments passed to both the values and array parameters must be of the same type. For example, you can not search through a Decimal Array with a values argument of type Integer.

Text values are case-sensitive.

Understanding results

When there is no match, the function returns an empty array.

Examples

wherecontains(20, {10, 20, 30}) returns 2

wherecontains(50, {10, 20, 30}) returns an empty array

wherecontains({2, 1}, {1, 2, 2, 3}) returns 1, 2, 3

wherecontains({20, "b"}, {10, 20, "b"}) returns 2, 3

wherecontains(topaginginfo(1, 1), {topaginginfo(1, 1), topaginginfo(1, 2)}) returns 1

wherecontains(null, {"a", "", "b"}) returns 2

wherecontains(tointeger({}), {1, 2, 3}) returns an empty array

wherecontains(1, {1.2}) returns an error

Use with the index() function

index(pv!employees.firstName, wherecontains("Finance", pv!employees.department)) returns the first names of all employees with their department field set to Finance or an empty array if none have it set to Finance.

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible