INDEXOF()
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Purpose
Function to return the numeric position of the first occurrence of a specified character string in another character string
Syntax
INDEXOF(<expC1>,<expC2>)
See Also
BETWEEN(), CHROVERLAP(), CONTAINS(), EMPTY(), ENDSWITH(), EVALUATE(), EXPRCHECK(), FOR(), INDEX, INLIST(), INRANGE(), ISALPHA(), ISBLANK(), ISDIGIT(), LOWER(), MAX(), MAXVALUES(), MIN(), MINVALUES(), MTOS(), PROPER(), SEEK, SEEK(), SET EXACT, STARTSWITH(), SUBSTRINGOF(), TYPE(), UPPER(), VARTYPE()
Description
The INDEXOF() function returns the numeric position of the first occurrence of the specified character string, <expC2>, in another character string, <expC1>.
A case-sensitive search is performed. Character positions start from 1, if the string <expC2> is not found, INDEXOF() returns 0.
Parameters | Description |
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<expC1> | The character string to be searched. |
<expC2> | The character string to search for. |
Example
open database southwind use orders list for indexof(customerid,"AT") = 3