String_Find

String_Find_First

Finds the first instance of the substring inside the string, and returns the position where that substring starts. The left-most position is 0, so a value of 0 would be returned if the string started with the substring. A value of -1 is returned if no instances of the substring are in the string.

Parameters

String to Parse	The string that gets searched.
Substring to Find	The instance of the substring to find in the parsed string.
Ignore Case	Indicates whether the case of the letters is taken into consideration.

Format

String_Find_First (String to Parse, Substring to Find, Ignore Case)

Example

Script( String_Find )

String( strOriginal )

String( strMessage )

String( strTitle )

String( strSearchFor )

Number( nFirstIndex )

Number( nLastIndex )

Activate( From_Menu )

strOriginal = Ask_String( "Enter a string to search", "String_Find", 1, 99, "abcdef ABCDE" )

strSearchFor = Ask_String("Search for:", "String_Find", 1, 99, "bc")

nFirstIndex = String_Find_First( strOriginal, strSearchFor, TRUE )

nLastIndex = String_Find_Last( strOriginal, strSearchFor, TRUE )

strTitle = String_Combine( "Search """, strOriginal )

strTitle = String_Combine( strTitle, """ for """ )

strTitle = String_Combine( strTitle, strSearchFor )

strTitle = String_Combine( strTitle, """" )

strMessage = String_Combine( "String_Find_First: ", Number_To_String_Decimal( nFirstIndex ) )

Ask_OK( strMessage, strTitle )

strMessage = String_Combine( "String_Find_Last: ", Number_To_String_Decimal( nLastIndex ) )

Ask_OK( strMessage, strTitle )

Return