matchStart

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Availability

This routine is available starting with SIL Engine™ 2.5.15 / 2.6.7.

Syntax

matchStart(input, regex)

Returns the position where the match starts or -1 if it doesn't match.

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
input	string	Yes	Specifies a character expression to match the regex against.
regex	string	Yes	Specifies a regular expression to match the specified string.

number

wret = matchStart("This will return ?", "will.*");
print("Return " + wret);

Matches the string starting with will and will return 5(the position of w character).

For more information on regular expressions, see Oracle documentation.