String functions are expressions that can be used to manipulate character-like data in ABAP. String functions can be either predicate functions or non-predicate functions. Predicate functions are string functions that return a truth value (true or false) for a condition of the argument text. Non-predicate functions are string functions that return a character-like result for an operation on the argument text1.
The following string functions are predicate functions:
* B. contains_any_of(): This function returns true if the argument text contains at least one of the characters specified in the character set. For example, the following expression returns true, because the text 'ABAP' contains at least one of the characters 'A', 'B', or 'C':
contains_any_of( val = 'ABAP' set = 'ABC' ).
* D. matches(): This function returns true if the argument text matches the pattern specified in the regular expression. For example, the following expression returns true, because the text 'ABAP' matches the pattern that consists of four uppercase letters:
matches( val = 'ABAP' regex = '[A-Z]{4}' ).
The following string functions are not predicate functions, because they return a character-like result, not a truth value:
* A. find_any_not_of(): This function returns the position of the first character in the argument text that is not contained in the character set. If no such character is found, the function returns 0. For example, the following expression returns 3, because the third character of the text 'ABAP' is not contained in the character set 'ABC':
find_any_not_of( val = 'ABAP' set = 'ABC' ).
* C. count_any_of(): This function returns the number of characters in the argument text that are contained in the character set. For example, the following expression returns 2, because there are two characters in the text 'ABAP' that are contained in the character set 'ABC':
count_any_of( val = 'ABAP' set = 'ABC' ).
References: 1: String Functions - ABAP Keyword Documentation