diff --git a/general.ts b/general.ts
index 7b77480..f875505 100644
--- a/general.ts
+++ b/general.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ export function transferNestedDict(dictA: any, dictB: any, ignoreNoneExistingKey
 
     for (let key in dictA) {
         if (dictB[key] == null && ignoreNoneExistingKeys) continue;
-        if (typeof dictA[key] === 'object') {
+        if (Array.isArray(dictA[key])) {
+            dictB[key] = dictA[key];
+        } else if (typeof dictA[key] === 'object') {
             if (typeof dictB[key] !== 'object') {
                 dictB[key] = {};
             }
@@ -211,4 +213,8 @@ export function percentRoundString(value: number | string, decimals: number = 0,
 
 export function isDict(o: any): boolean {
     return o === Object(o) && !Array.isArray(o) && typeof o !== 'function';
-}
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+}
+
+export function objectDepth(o) {
+    return Object(o) === o ? 1 + Math.max(-1, ...Object.values(o).map(objectDepth)) : 0
+}
diff --git a/validations.ts b/validations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa05cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+export function isNameValidForInput(name: string | undefined | null, regexCheck: boolean = false): boolean {
+    if (regexCheck) return !!name && name.replace(/\s/g, '') != "";
+    else return !!name && name.trim() != "";
+}
+
+
+
+// multiple are considered AND connected
+export enum CompareOptions {
+    IGNORE_CASE, // compares string and string list in lower case
+    TRIM,  // trims string and string list
+    STARTS_WITH, //some start with string
+    ENDS_WITH, //some end with string
+    CONTAINS, //some contain string
+    EQUAL //some are equal to string
+}
+
+export function inStringList(value: string, list: string[], compareOptions?: CompareOptions[]): boolean {
+    if (!value || !list || list.length === 0) return false;
+    if (!compareOptions) return list.includes(value);
+
+    const [finalValue, finalList] = applyCompareOptions(value, list, compareOptions);
+    return finalList.some((item) => {
+        let result = true;
+        if (compareOptions.includes(CompareOptions.STARTS_WITH)) result = result && finalValue.startsWith(item);
+        if (compareOptions.includes(CompareOptions.ENDS_WITH)) result = result && finalValue.endsWith(item);
+        if (compareOptions.includes(CompareOptions.CONTAINS)) result = result && finalValue.includes(item);
+        if (compareOptions.includes(CompareOptions.EQUAL)) result = result && item === finalValue;
+
+        if (result) return true;
+    });
+
+}
+
+function applyCompareOptions(value: string, list: string[], compareOptions?: CompareOptions[]): [string, string[]] {
+    if (compareOptions) {
+        if (compareOptions.includes(CompareOptions.IGNORE_CASE)) {
+            value = value.toLowerCase();
+            list = list.map((item) => item.toLowerCase());
+        }
+        if (compareOptions.includes(CompareOptions.TRIM)) {
+            value = value.trim();
+            list = list.map((item) => item.trim());
+        }
+    }
+    return [value, list];
+}
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