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| applyColStyleToCell | true |
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| columnTypes | s,s,s,s |
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| heading | 0 |
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| multiple | false |
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| columnAttributes | style="background:#e5e7ea;font-weight:bold,,style="background:#e5e7ea;font-weight:bold, |
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| enableSorting | false |
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Syntax | indexOf(str1, str2) | Package |
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Description
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Returns the index of the first match of the str2 in str1 or -1 if str2 is nowhere to be found in str1. |
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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| columnTypes | s,s,s,s |
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| heading | 0 |
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| multiple | false |
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| enableSorting | false |
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Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
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str1 | String | Yes | Specifies a character expression to search for str2. | str2 | String | Yes | Specifies a character expression to search for in str1. |
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Return Type
Number
Examples
Example 1
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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
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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
| Filter by label (Content by label) |
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| max | 25 |
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| showSpace | false |
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| cql | label = "string_routine" and space = currentSpace ( ) |
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| labels | array_routines |
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