MySQL tutorial: FIND_IN_SET [EN]
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MySQL: 

FIND_IN_SET

Syntax:
FIND_IN_SET(str,strlist)

Returns a value in the range of 1 to N if the string str is in the
string list strlist consisting of N substrings. A string list is a
string composed of substrings separated by , characters. If the first
argument is a constant string and the second is a column of type SET,
the FIND_IN_SET() function is optimized to use bit arithmetic. Returns
0 if str is not in strlist or if strlist is the empty string. Returns
NULL if either argument is NULL. This function does not work properly
if the first argument contains a comma (,) character.

URL: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/string-functions.html

Example

mysql> SELECT FIND_IN_SET('b','a,b,c,d');
-> 2

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