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Count rows that match a certain string from a column

Hi,

 

I want to count rows that contain a certain value from a long string in a column

 

Table

 

id   meta

1    apples_abc_def

2    mangoes_abc_def

 

Count rows where meta contains apples

 

How do I write this is dax? I tried search function but it did not work. 

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Zubair_Muhammad
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=calculate (countrows(tablename), search("apples", tablename[meta],, 0)>0)

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Zubair_Muhammad
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=calculate (countrows(tablename), search("apples", tablename[meta],, 0)>0)

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