String Intrinsic Functions - PositionIn Method
Find the position of this variable in a string
Member of String Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.ICommonStringIntrinsics)

Parameters

Name

Type

Data Type

Description

Result

*Result (Optional)

Integer

Resulting position

String

*Input

String

String to be searched

StartPosition

*Input (Optional)

Integer

Position at which to start searching

Details


PositionIn returns character position of the first occurrence of the String in the supplied string parameter after the StartPosition.
PositionIn is case sensitive.

Example


In this example, if #String contained "EAB", the result would be 5
#Position := #String.PositionIn( "ABCDEABCDEABCDE" )

See also

All Component Classes
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