freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/06-information-security-and-quality-assurance/quality-assurance-and-testing-with-chai/test-if-a-string-contains-a-substring.english.md

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id: 587d824d367417b2b2512c53
title: Test if a String Contains a Substring
challengeType: 2
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## Description
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As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project on <a href='https://glitch.com/#!/import/github/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai/'>Glitch</a>, or cloned from <a href='https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai/'>GitHub</a>.
#include (on #notInclude ) works for strings too !!
It asserts that the actual string contains the expected substring
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## Instructions
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## Tests
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```yml
tests:
  - text: All tests should pass
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=13').then(data => { assert.equal(data.state,'passed'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: Choose the right assertion - include vs. notInclude
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=13').then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[0].method, 'include', '\'Arrow\' contains \'row\'...'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: Choose the right assertion - include vs. notInclude
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=13').then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[1].method, 'notInclude', '... a \'dart\' doesn\'t contain a \'queue\''); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })

```

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## Challenge Seed
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## Solution
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```js
// solution required
```
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