XF 1.5 Partial Match on If Statement?

[Gossamer]

In a template, is there a way to do a partial string match with an if statement? For example, I have a bunch of custom user fields with ids that all begin with "skill". I was just curious if I could use one statement to match them all, instead of matching each one individually.

 

[Jake Bunce]

To my knowledge the answer is no. I have reviewed the template helpers and I don't see the needed string functions to do this.