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Syntax

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indexOf(str1, str2)

Description

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Excerpt
Returns the index of the first match of the str2 in str1 or -1 if str2 is nowhere to be found in str1.

Returns an integer indicating the position of the first character for a character expression within another character expression, beginning from the leftmost character.

Parameters

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Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
str1	string	Yes	Specifies a character expression to search for str2.
str2	string	Yes	Specifies a character expression to search for in str1.

Return type

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number

Example

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Example 1

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Code Block
wret = indexOf("This will return ?", "will"); print("Return " + wret);

Print Return 5

Example 2

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wret = indexOf("This will return ?", "Will"); print("Return " + wret);

Print Return -1

Example 3

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wret = indexOf("This will return ?", "This"); print("Return " + wret);

Print Return 0

Notes

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Note
If the first occurrence of str2 is the first caracter of str1, indexOf( ) returns 0. If you need to find str2 multiple times, use substring( ) routine.

See also

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