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JSL: Conditional Check on Grouped Data

TamedZebra — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:22:48 GMT

For a certain table, I want to determine if the string "CCCC" is contained within elements of column C. Normally, I would expect to use Contains(:C, "CCCC").

However, in this scenario, column C is not just a simple column. I need to determine if "CCCC" exists in column C when column C is grouped by the values in column A and column B, and I need this check to be applied row by row.

When I asked a generative AI, it suggested Group(:A,:B)&Contains(:C,"CCCC"), but this approach didn't work. Currently, I'm stuck with the following JSL script that didn't yield the desired result:

If(
    Group(:A,:B)&Contains(:C,"CCCC"),1,
    0
)

Re: JSL: Conditional Check on Grouped Data

jthi — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:51:02 GMT

If you are able to provide example table, with expected result it makes it usually much faster and easier to provide help.

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for (r is the result column)

Col Max(Contains(:Column 3, "CCCC") > 0, :Column 1, :Column 2)

Column 1 and Column 2 are the grouping columns and Column 3 has the string

Re: JSL: Conditional Check on Grouped Data

TamedZebra — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:55:14 GMT

Thank you for your continued support.

The issue has been resolved.

I regret my own inflexibility. I hope to absorb a great deal of knowledge from this community!Really Thank you!