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How do I assign value to list or array and use it in where condition?

LearningGuy
Builder

How do I assign value to list or array and use it in where condition?
Thank you in advance!!

For example:
I tried to search if number 4 is in array/list of number between 0 to 6.     

index = test
| eval   list-var = (0,1,2,3,4,5,6)
| eval num = 4
| search num IN list-var



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LearningGuy
Builder

Hello, 
So, is multivalue the only way to use list/array?
If I want to assign 7 values, should I use mvappend 7 times like the following?

| eval test = mvappend("0", test)
| eval test = mvappend("1", test)
| eval test = mvappend("2", test)
| eval test = mvappend("3", test)
| eval test = mvappend("4", test)
| eval test = mvappend("5", test)
| eval test = mvappend("6", test)




How do I get true/false return if I want to see if number 5 is in the array/list?  
MVfind only give me the position of 5, which is 1.

| eval n = mvfind(test, "5")



Thank you

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can "nest" mvappends to add multiple values at once. You can also use split() to make a multivalued field from a string of delimited values.

You can use isnull() to check if mvfind returned a value or not.

One caveat about mvfind though - it matches based on regex so you might get some unexpected results if you're not careful

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