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Teradata® Package for Python Function Reference on VantageCloud Lake
- Deployment
- VantageCloud
- Edition
- Lake
- Product
- Teradata Package for Python
- Release Number
- 20.00.00.11
- Published
- August 2026
- ft:locale
- en-US
- ft:lastEdition
- 2026-08-13
- dita:id
- TeradataPython_FxRef_Lake_2000
- Product Category
- Teradata Vantage
- teradataml.dataframe.sql.DataFrameColumn.array_contains = array_contains(self, value)
- DESCRIPTION:
Check if the array contains a specific value or not.
PARAMETERS:
value:
Required Argument.
Specifies the value to be matched in the array.
Types: ColumnExpression OR Python literal
RETURNS:
ColumnExpression
EXAMPLES:
>>> from teradataml import *
>>> load_example_data("array", "array_table")
# Create a DataFrame on 'array_table'.
>>> df = DataFrame("array_table")
>>> df
arr1 arr2 arr3
id
1 (10,20,30,40,50) (23,200,215,40,21) ('ab','bc','cd','ab','ef')
4 (180,28,38,48,58) (30,NULL,NULL,250,27) ('mn','no',NULL,'op','pq')
2 (150,25,35,45,55) (28,50,95,90,26) ('xy','yz','za','ab','xy')
6 (16,261,36,46,56) (29,170,160,46,25) ('uv','xy','ab','xy','yz')
3 (12,22,320,42,52) (25,22,140,200,23) ('pq','ab','ab','st','tu')
5 (14,24,34,44,54) (26,NULL,NULL,180,24) ('ij','jk',NULL,'kl','lm')
# Example 1: Check if array column 'arr2' contains the value 200.
>>> res = df.assign(contains_200 = df.arr2.array_contains(200))
>>> res
arr1 arr2 arr3 contains_200
id
1 (10,20,30,40,50) (23,200,215,40,21) ('ab','bc','cd','ab','ef') 1
4 (180,28,38,48,58) (30,NULL,NULL,250,27) ('mn','no',NULL,'op','pq') 0
2 (150,25,35,45,55) (28,50,95,90,26) ('xy','yz','za','ab','xy') 0
6 (16,261,36,46,56) (29,170,160,46,25) ('uv','xy','ab','xy','yz') 0
3 (12,22,320,42,52) (25,22,140,200,23) ('pq','ab','ab','st','tu') 1
5 (14,24,34,44,54) (26,NULL,NULL,180,24) ('ij','jk',NULL,'kl','lm') 0
# Example 2: Check if array column 'arr3' contains value present in column 'col'.
>>> sdf = df.assign(col = "ab")
>>> res = sdf.assign(contains_col = sdf.arr3.array_contains(sdf.col))
>>> res
arr1 arr2 arr3 col contains_col
id
1 (10,20,30,40,50) (23,200,215,40,21) ('ab','bc','cd','ab','ef') ab 1
4 (180,28,38,48,58) (30,NULL,NULL,250,27) ('mn','no',NULL,'op','pq') ab 0
2 (150,25,35,45,55) (28,50,95,90,26) ('xy','yz','za','ab','xy') ab 1
6 (16,261,36,46,56) (29,170,160,46,25) ('uv','xy','ab','xy','yz') ab 1
3 (12,22,320,42,52) (25,22,140,200,23) ('pq','ab','ab','st','tu') ab 1
5 (14,24,34,44,54) (26,NULL,NULL,180,24) ('ij','jk',NULL,'kl','lm') ab 0