Find rows where text array contains value similar to input

Question

I\'m trying to get rows where a column of type text[] contains a value similar to some user input.

What I\'ve thought and done so far is to use the

Answer 1

Please check this out.

This answer was exactly what I was looking for. It also provides for some useful tips (and examples) in case you need more flexibility.

It basically explains the ANY(), the @> and the && operators.

"If you want to search multiple values, you can use @> operator"

"@> means contains all the values in that array. If you want to search if the current array contains any values in another array, you can use &&"