Core Function InStr
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| − | $location = InStr("How much wood could a woodchuck chuck is a woodchuck could chuck wood?", "wood", 0, 3) | + | $location = InStr("How much wood could a woodchuck chuck is a woodchuck could chuck wood?", "wood", 0, 3); |
| − | Println("Search result:" , $location) ; Find the 3rd occurance of "wood" | + | Println("Search result:" , $location); // Find the 3rd occurance of "wood" |
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| − | $result = InStr("I am a String", "RING") | + | $result = InStr("I am a String", "RING"); |
| − | Println("Search result:" , $result) | + | Println("Search result:" , $result); |
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Revision as of 20:45, 18 November 2011
InStr( <string>, <substirng>, <casesense>, <occurrence>, <start>, <count>
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Description
Checks if a string contains a given substring.
Parameters
string
The string to evaluate.
substring
The substring to search for.
casesense
Optional; Flag to indicate if the operations should be case sensitive. 0 = not case sensitive, using the user's locale (default) 1 = case sensitive 2 = not case sensitive, using a basic/faster comparison
occurrence
Optional; Which occurrence of the substring to find in the string. Use a negative occurrence to search from the right side.
The default value is 1 (finds first occurrence).
start
Optional; The starting position of the search.
count
Optional; The number of comparisons to make.
Return Value
Success: Returns the position of the substring.
Failure: Returns 0 if substring not found or -1 if Invalid "occurance" parameter given.
Remarks
The first character position is 1.
Example
$location = InStr("How much wood could a woodchuck chuck is a woodchuck could chuck wood?", "wood", 0, 3); Println("Search result:" , $location); // Find the 3rd occurance of "wood" $result = InStr("I am a String", "RING"); Println("Search result:" , $result);
