How to check if a string contains a substring in Bash

Question

I have a string in Bash:

string=\"My string\"

How can I test if it contains another string?

if [ $string ?? \'foo\' ]; then         


        

Answer 1

Exact word match:

string='My long string'
exactSearch='long'

if grep -E -q "\b${exactSearch}\b" <<<${string} >/dev/null 2>&1
  then
    echo "It's there"
  fi