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How to write a search to determine if the value of one field is found in the value of another field?

olheiser01
New Member

I am trying to return a result when one field contains another. For example,

field1="ABCDEFG"
field2="CDE"

Match= True

I wanted to try something similar to where like(field1, %field2%), but I'm not sure how to make that happen as field2 is a variable.

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sundareshr
Legend

Try creating a new var with the pattern. Like this ... | eval pattern="%".field2."%" | where like(field1, pattern)

somesoni2
Revered Legend

You can just use it in place, new field creation not required.

... | where like(field1, "%".field2."%")
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