How to express @contains with two conditions (originally had one condition)?

Question

This question is directly related to this thread, but since this is very specific question, I created a new thread there.

I am trying to come up with an expression where string(item().name) contains Both:

1. pipeline().parameters.locations &
2. formatDateTime(adddays(utcNow(),0),'yyyyMMdd')

   @contains( string(item().name), pipeline().parameters.locations & xxxxxx? )

This is original one:

@contains(string(item().name),pipeline().parameters.locations)

Answer 1

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

You need to use the and function along with two separate contains functions. Here's how you can modify your expression:

@and(
    contains(string(item().name), pipeline().parameters.locations),
    contains(string(item().name), formatDateTime(adddays(utcNow(),0),'yyyyMMdd'))
)

This expression checks if the item().name contains both the pipeline().parameters.locations and the formatted date string. The and function ensures that both conditions are true for the overall expression to evaluate to true

If you need to use this in an If Condition activity, you can wrap it in an @if function:

@if(
    and(
        contains(string(item().name), pipeline().parameters.locations),
        contains(string(item().name), formatDateTime(adddays(utcNow(),0),'yyyyMMdd'))
    ),
    'true_result',
    'false_result'
)

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