Compatible Unicode Intrinsic Functions - PositionOf Method

Find the position of a string in this variable

Member of Compatible Unicode Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.ICompatibleUnicodeIntrinsics)

Parameters

Name

Type

Data Type

Description

Result

*Result (Optional)

Integer

Resulting position

String

*Input

Unicode String

String to be searched for

StartPosition

*Input (Optional)

Integer

Position at which to start searching

Details

PositionOf returns the character position of the first occurrence in the supplied String parameter of the String, after the StartPosition.

PositionOf is case sensitive.

Example

In this example, if #String contained "ABCDEABCDEABCDE", the result would be 5

     #Position := #String.PositionOf( "EAB" )

See also

All Component Classes

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