Returns the position of a word in a text or -1 if it does not find it.
1 string.find
<string.find>
<text /> !
<word /> !
</string.find>
| Arguments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Required | Unique | Nullable | Description |
| Etext | string | Character string which will be repeated in the text. | |||
| Eword | string | Number of times which the pattern, the text or the string are repeated. | |||
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
| integer |
-1: Indicates that the word or substring has not been found within the text. >0: Indicates rhat the word or substring has been found within the text. This positive number is the position where it was found starting at 1. |
Exceptions
requires 2 arguments, received: ...
The 2 entry parameters has not been specified.
Example
Search of a string in a text string.
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<xsql-script name='string_find'>
<body>
<set name='text'>This is a search test text</set>
<set name='word'>test</set>
<println>
<string.find>
<text/>
<word/>
</string.find>
</println>
</body>
</xsql-script>
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