Is there any MSbuild task to check if a string contains another string (similar to string.contains)

Question

I have this Msbuild code:

<Import Project="A.proj" Condition="$(BuildDefinition) =='Dist Staging to Dev' Or $(BuildDefinition) =='Dist Staging to Dev(Services Only)'"/>

But I was wondering if is there anything similar to check if an string contains some text to get something similar to:

<Import Project="A.proj" Condition="$(BuildDefinition) CONTAINS 'Dist Staging to Dev'"/>

Answer 1

MsBuild Conditions reference doesn't have anything about a possibility of a "contains" function. Looks like your first version is the only option.

Answer 2

If you use MSBuild 4, you could use Property function

<Import Project="A.proj" 
        Condition="$(BuildDefinition.Contains('Dist Staging to Dev'))"/>

(More info on Property function)

Answer 3

MSBuild4: As madgnome said, in MSBUILD 4 is possible to user Property Function.

MSBuild 3.x: In previous versions is possible if you use Tigris MsBuild Tasks

You can use task RegexMatch and use a regular expression