# Logstash if any array element exists in \[tags\]
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-any-array-element-exists-in-tags/77808
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 8, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-any-array-element-exists-in-tags/77808 "2017-03-08T11:53:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Exocomp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Exocomp)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-any-array-element-exists-in-tags/77808/1 "2017-03-08T11:53:03Z")
Hi,
Is there a way to do a conditional check such that elements of any array element exists in [tags] ?, something like:
if ["element1", "element2", "element3"] in [tags] {
}
Thanks,
E
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-any-array-element-exists-in-tags/77808/2 "2017-03-09T15:21:38Z")
You have to do this:
```
if "element1" in [tags] or "element2" in [tags] or "element3" in [tags] {
```
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### Author:  [@Exocomp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Exocomp)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-any-array-element-exists-in-tags/77808/3 "2017-03-09T17:38:04Z")
@magnusbaeck
Ok, I'll settle for that but I was hoping for something cleaner.
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-any-array-element-exists-in-tags/77808/4 "2017-04-06T17:38:21Z")
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