# Base.contains?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/base-contains/26084>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 7, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/base-contains/26084 "2019-07-07T00:05:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Qiyamah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/qiyamah/32/2660_2.png) [@Qiyamah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Qiyamah)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/base-contains/26084/1 "2019-07-07T00:05:16Z")

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What happened to Base.contains?  
What replaced it? I was using it to check whether a substring exists?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Qiyamah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/qiyamah/32/2660_2.png) [@Qiyamah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Qiyamah)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/base-contains/26084/2 "2019-07-07T00:12:56Z")

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sorry , I have completely forgot about occursin.  
Thanks