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JSTL fn:containsIgnoreCase() function

JSP Standard Tag Library

The fn:containsIgnoreCase() function is used to determine whether a string contains a specified substring, ignoring case.

Syntax

The syntax of the fn:containsIgnoreCase() function is as follows:

<c:if test="${fn:containsIgnoreCase(<original string>, <substring to search>)}">
...
</c:if>

Example Demonstration

The following example demonstrates the function's functionality:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
    pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" prefix="fn" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Using JSTL Functions</title>
</head>
<body>
<c:set var="theString" value="I am from w3codebox"/>
<c:if test="${fn:containsIgnoreCase(theString, 'w3codebox')}>
   <p>Found w3codebox<p>
</c:if>
<c:if test="${fn:containsIgnoreCase(theString, 'w3codebox')}>
     <p>Found w3codebox<p>
</c:if>
</body>
</html>

Running results are as follows:

Found w3codebox
Found w3codebox

JSP Standard Tag Library