List.ContainsAny

Syntax

List.ContainsAny(
    list as list,
    values as list,
    optional equationCriteria as any
) as logical

About

Indicates whether the list contains any of the values from another list. Returns true if the values are found in the list, false otherwise.

• list: The list to search.
• values: The list of values to search for in the first list.
• equationCriteria: (Optional) The comparer used to determine if two values are equal.

Example 1

Determine if the list {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} contains 3 or 9.

Usage

List.ContainsAny({1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {3, 9})

Output

true

Example 2

Determine if the list {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} contains 6 or 7.

Usage

List.ContainsAny({1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {6, 7})

Output

false

Example 3

Determine if the list contains a horse or an owl, while ignoring case.

Usage

List.ContainsAny({"dog", "cat", "racoon", "horse", "rabbit"}, {"Horse", "OWL"}, Comparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)

Output

true

Example 4

Determine if the list contains a date of either April 8, 2022 or January 12, 2021.

Usage

let
    Source = {#date(2024, 2, 23), #date(2023, 12, 2), #date(2022, 4, 8), #date(2021, 7, 6)},
    ContainsDates = List.ContainsAny(Source, {Date.From("Apr 8, 2022"), Date.From("Jan 11, 2021")})
in
    ContainsDates

Output

true

Related content

Equation criteria