String.includes doesn't find substring

Issue

I have the following text:

 LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:25+01:00" level=debug msg="🎁  GetLatestBlock called" blockHeight=3 blockID=ee98016d268630db54b814d18d0127edac8cc36f90d193c0c6f5fd4909bbd8b1
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:25+01:00" level=debug msg="👤  GetAccountAtLatestBlock called" address=f8d6e0586b0a20c7
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="️✉️   Transaction submitted" txID=5a46897e60f13ee68e11ef754983fefe9ec7bc8a2ca6079f0665e404138735e9
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=info msg="⭐  Transaction executed" computationUsed=6 txID=5a46897e60f13ee68e11ef754983fefe9ec7bc8a2ca6079f0665e404138735e9
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="\x1b[1;34mLOG\x1b[0m \x1b[2m[5a4689]\x1b[0m \"Hello from Emulator\""
    time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="\x1b[1;34mLOG\x1b[0m \x1b[2m[5a4689]\x1b[0m 0x1cf0e2f2f715450"
    time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="\x1b[1;34mLOG\x1b[0m \x1b[2m[5a4689]\x1b[0m 0x179b6b1cb6755e31"
    time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="📦  Block #4 committed" blockHeight=4 blockID=5fd780a98baad6d30f66cf75e76c3e1c9398097a9bb2e3f239f0cd7e166f6932
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="📝  GetTransactionResult called" txID=5a46897e60f13ee68e11ef754983fefe9ec7bc8a2ca6079f0665e404138735e9

stored in a variable called transactionLogs (, so the output you see is console.log(transactionLogs)), which is a string.

I want to check if the transaction logs contain two addresses. One from Alice 0x01cf0e2f2f715450 and one from Bob 0x179b6b1cb6755e31.

My problem is that when I call includes like this (where Alice and Bob are strings):

Alice; // 0x01cf0e2f2f715450
Bob; // 0x179b6b1cb6755e31
transactionLogs.includes(Alice); // false
transactionLogs.includes(Bob); // true

the search for Alice returns false.

I assume it has something to do with escape backslashes, so I tried running transactionLogs.replace(String.fromCharCode(92), '') but that doesn't change the result.

What is going on here? Why is includes not returning true for Alice?

Solution

Why is includes not returning true for Alice?

Because that string is not present in the log string:

const transactionLogs = `
 LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:25+01:00" level=debug msg="🎁  GetLatestBlock called" blockHeight=3 blockID=ee98016d268630db54b814d18d0127edac8cc36f90d193c0c6f5fd4909bbd8b1
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:25+01:00" level=debug msg="👤  GetAccountAtLatestBlock called" address=f8d6e0586b0a20c7
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="️✉️   Transaction submitted" txID=5a46897e60f13ee68e11ef754983fefe9ec7bc8a2ca6079f0665e404138735e9
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=info msg="⭐  Transaction executed" computationUsed=6 txID=5a46897e60f13ee68e11ef754983fefe9ec7bc8a2ca6079f0665e404138735e9
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="\x1b[1;34mLOG\x1b[0m \x1b[2m[5a4689]\x1b[0m \"Hello from Emulator\""
    time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="\x1b[1;34mLOG\x1b[0m \x1b[2m[5a4689]\x1b[0m 0x1cf0e2f2f715450"
    time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="\x1b[1;34mLOG\x1b[0m \x1b[2m[5a4689]\x1b[0m 0x179b6b1cb6755e31"
    time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="📦  Block #4 committed" blockHeight=4 blockID=5fd780a98baad6d30f66cf75e76c3e1c9398097a9bb2e3f239f0cd7e166f6932
    ,LOG: time="2021-12-09T16:55:26+01:00" level=debug msg="📝  GetTransactionResult called" txID=5a46897e60f13ee68e11ef754983fefe9ec7bc8a2ca6079f0665e404138735e9
`;

const Alice = `0x01cf0e2f2f715450`;
const Bob = `0x179b6b1cb6755e31`;

console.log({
  Alice: transactionLogs.includes(Alice),
  Bob: transactionLogs.includes(Bob),
});

Answered By - jsejcksn