# Filtering very long lookuplist using string

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/filtering-very-long-lookuplist-using-string/29072>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** form-design\
**Created:** [August 10, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/filtering-very-long-lookuplist-using-string/29072 "2020-08-10T14:09:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![mathieubossaert](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/mathieubossaert/32/6131_2.png) [@mathieubossaert](https://forum.getodk.org/u/mathieubossaert)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/filtering-very-long-lookuplist-using-string/29072/9 "2020-08-10T16:45:51Z")

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> [@BartRoelandt2](#):
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> Is there a possibility to search for a string that is not the beginning of the plant name?

Yes you can use the contains "operator" instead of startswith. You will find more information here [Looking for an old documentation page about search() function - #3 by mathieubossaert](https://forum.getodk.org/t/looking-for-an-old-documentation-page-about-search-function/20594/3)

We try this option to facilitate the use of latin and french name but personally I found it a bit confusing (some colleagues, but not all, like it anyway) and I finally created one entry in the csv file for each language.

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