Name
findfirstof — Finds position of the first matching characters in string
Synopsis
integer
findfirstof
( |
string
STRING
, |
| |
string
CHARS
); |
Parameters
-
string
STRING
-
string
CHARS
Characters to find
Return
-
integer
the position of the first character in STRING that is contained in CHARS.
Description
The findfirstof function searches string for the first match of any character stored in chars and returns its position.
If no match is found findfirstof returns `nil'.
Usage
findfirstof ("abcdefghi", "cxdv") -> 2
findfirstof ("aaaaa", "z") -> nil
