Find

Finds the first occurrence of a substring in a string, from a specified start position.

Method Signature

Find(substring=[string], string=[string], start=[integer])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
substring	string	true	The string you are looking for.
string	string	true	The string to search in.
start	integer	false	The position from which to start searching in the string. Default is 1.	1

Examples

Script Syntax

Run Example

findNoCase( "s", "boxlang.ortusbooks.com", 0 );

Result: 13

Additional Examples

Run Example

writeOutput( findNoCase( "Tree", "Grow the tree, Save the world" ) ); // 10
// Member function
str = "I love boxlang";
writeOutput( str.find( "boxlang" ) );
 // 8

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