---
title: strings.containsAny() function
description: >
  `strings.containsAny()` reports whether a specified string contains characters from another string.
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    identifier: strings/containsAny
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`strings.containsAny()` reports whether a specified string contains characters from another string.



##### Function type signature

```js
(chars: string, v: string) => bool
```

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## Parameters

### v
({{< req >}})
String value to search.



### chars
({{< req >}})
Characters to search for.




## Examples

### Filter based on the presence of a specific characters in a column value

```js
import "sampledata"
import "strings"

sampledata.string()
    |> filter(fn: (r) => strings.containsAny(v: r._value, chars: "a79"))

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | *tag | _value      |
| -------------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t1   | smpl_g9qczs |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t1   | smpl_0mgv9n |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t1   | smpl_phw664 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t1   | smpl_guvzy4 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t1   | smpl_5v3cce |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t1   | smpl_s9fmgy |

| _time                | *tag | _value      |
| -------------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t2   | smpl_b5eida |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t2   | smpl_eu4oxp |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t2   | smpl_5g7tz4 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t2   | smpl_sox1ut |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t2   | smpl_wfm757 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t2   | smpl_dtn2bv |


#### Output data

| _time                | *tag | _value      |
| -------------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t1   | smpl_g9qczs |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t1   | smpl_0mgv9n |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t1   | smpl_s9fmgy |

| _time                | *tag | _value      |
| -------------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t2   | smpl_b5eida |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t2   | smpl_5g7tz4 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t2   | smpl_wfm757 |

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