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Idiom #39 Check if string contains a word

Set the boolean ok to true if the string word is contained in string s as a substring, or to false otherwise.

boolean ok = s.indexOf(word) != -1;
boolean ok = s.contains(word);

The function String.contains() exists since java 1.5
with Ada.Strings.Fixed;
use Ada.Strings.Fixed;
Ok : Boolean := Index (S, Word) > 0;

New implementation...
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