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In the developer console this works fine:

String op1 = '12345';
String op2 = '1234';
Boolean tmpResult = true;

system.debug('op1: '+op1+', op2: ' +op2+', tmpResult: ' +tmpResult );
tmpResult = op1.contains(op2) ? true : false;
system.debug('op1: '+op1+', op2: ' +op2+', tmpResult: ' +tmpResult );

*USER_DEBUG [14]|DEBUG|op1: 12345, op2: 1234, tmpResult: true*
*USER_DEBUG [16]|DEBUG|op1: 12345, op2: 1234, tmpResult: true*

However, in the Salesforce debug log:

18:15:15.0 (329852706)|USER_DEBUG|[926]|DEBUG|op1: “12345”, op2: “1234”, tmpResult: true
18:15:15.0 (329862345)|STATEMENT_EXECUTE|[927]
18:15:15.0 (329878427)|HEAP_ALLOCATE|[927]|Bytes:5
18:15:15.0 (329886433)|VARIABLE_ASSIGNMENT|[927]|tmpResult|false
18:15:15.0 (329892809)|STATEMENT_EXECUTE|[928]
18:15:15.0 (329901057)|HEAP_ALLOCATE|[928]|Bytes:5
18:15:15.0 (329912132)|HEAP_ALLOCATE|[928]|Bytes:43
18:15:15.0 (329920824)|USER_DEBUG|[928]|DEBUG|op1: “12345”, op2: “1234”, tmpResult: false
18:15:15.0 (329932369)|STATEMENT_EXECUTE|[957]
18:15:15.0 (329934421)|STATEMENT_EXECUTE|[958]
18:15:15.0 (329937300)|HEAP_ALLOCATE|[958]|Bytes:5
18:15:15.0 (329944944)|VARIABLE_ASSIGNMENT|[958]|result|false

After the line 927 tmpResult = op1.contains(op2) ? true : false;, it turns false. The only clue I have is that it returns true if the value is exact same.

I tried tmpResult = op2.contains(op1) ? true : false;, the result is same - only true when it is exact value.

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  • Have you tried upgrading the API version of the apex class to most recent one?
    – Raul
    Nov 2, 2021 at 22:44
  • @Raul The API version of the Apex class is 47.0, and I can't upgrade it until tomorrow.
    – ApexCowboy
    Nov 2, 2021 at 22:55
  • By the way, tmpResult = op2.contains(op1) ? true : false; is the same as just tmpResult = op2.contains(op1). A Boolean value is already a Boolean value, which is what .contains returns.
    – sfdcfox
    Nov 3, 2021 at 0:16
  • @sfdcfox I think you are right about the double quote, I added op1 = op1.replaceAll('"', ''); op2 = op2.replaceAll('"', '');, but it only works for developer console. In the debug log, system debug still shows the quotes and it still return false
    – ApexCowboy
    Nov 3, 2021 at 4:42
  • @sfdcfox I found out the double quote on my keyboard is different than the one generated in salesforce... copy and pasted that opening and closing double quote works. Cheers
    – ApexCowboy
    Nov 3, 2021 at 5:07

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It appears from your debug statements and the code you have, that the inputs were actually surrounded by quotes: “12345” and “1234”, rather than 12345 and 1234. In this case, neither string will return .contains because of the quotes.

      / Mismatch at 5.
 “12345” 
 “1234”
      \ Mismatch at ”.

Thus, I suspect the problem is not in your code, but in your data. You'll want to check your inputs carefully.

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