Batch file: Find if substring is in string (not in a file)

Question

In a batch file, I have a string abcdefg. I want to check if bcd is in the string.

Unfortunately it seems all of the solutions I\'m find

Answer 1

I'm probably coming a bit too late with this answer, but the accepted answer only works for checking whether a "hard-coded string" is a part of the search string.

For dynamic search, you would have to do this:

SET searchString=abcd1234
SET key=cd123

CALL SET keyRemoved=%%searchString:%key%=%%

IF NOT "x%keyRemoved%"=="x%searchString%" (
    ECHO Contains.
)

Note: You can take the two variables as arguments.