How do I find the contents of a variable within a string?

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Sounds hard, but quite easy…

var="pattern to find"
string="Full string where the pattern to find is."
 
echo "$string" | grep "$var"
rc=$?
if [[ $rc = 0 ]];then
  echo "I found $var in $string"
fi
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