How can I tell if a VARCHAR variable contains a substring?

Question

I thought it was CONTAINS, but that\'s not working for me.

I\'m looking to do this:

IF CONTAINS(@stringVar, \'thisstring\')
   ...
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Answer 1

    IF CHARINDEX('TextToSearch',@TextWhereISearch, 0) > 0 => TEXT EXISTS

    IF PATINDEX('TextToSearch', @TextWhereISearch) > 0 => TEXT EXISTS

    Additionally we can also use LIKE but I usually don't use LIKE.