From ef7f61444d326d8197d1d60d0ecf84065e860034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Farah <mikefarah@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 09:30:22 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Added subset example

---
 operators/contains.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/operators/contains.md b/operators/contains.md
index 046b4ca2..dfdd5a04 100644
--- a/operators/contains.md
+++ b/operators/contains.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Contains
 
-This returns `true` if the context contains the passed in parameter, and false otherwise.
+This returns `true` if the context contains the passed in parameter, and false otherwise. For arrays, this will return true if the passed in array is contained within the array. For strings, it will return true if the string is a substring.
+
+{% hint style="warning" %}
+
+_Note_ that, just like jq, when checking if an array of strings `contains` another, this will use `contains` and _not_ equals to check each string. This means an array like `contains(["cat"])` will return true for an array `["cats"]`.
+
+See the "Array has a subset array" example below on how to check for a subset.
+
+{% endhint %}
 
 ## Array contains array
 Array is equal or subset of
@@ -20,6 +28,24 @@ will output
 true
 ```
 
+## Array has a subset array
+Subtract the superset array from the subset, if there's anything left, it's not a subset
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- foobar
+- foobaz
+- blarp
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '["baz", "bar"] - . | length == 0' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+false
+```
+
 ## Object included in array
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml