Name
find — Returns position of a substring
Synopsis
integer
find
( |
string
STRING1
, |
| |
string
STRING2
); |
Parameters
-
string
STRING1
String
-
string
STRING2
Substring
Return
-
integer
OFFSET If substring is not found find returns `-1'.
Description
The find function searches string for the first occurency of a specified substring (possibly a single character) and returns its starting position.
Returns the first position in STRING1 where the string STRING2 is contained in STRING1. OFFSET starts with 0.
Usage
find ("abcdefghi", "efg") -> 4
find ("aaaaa", "z") -> -1
