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indexOf() Method
This method returns the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string.
stringVar.indexOf(substring [, offset])
Parameter Description substring One or more characters to search for offset The position in the string at which to start searching, where 0 represents the first characterReturns
The position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string variable.
Usage
stringVar.indexOf() searches the entire substring in a string variable. The substring parameter may be a single character. If offset is not given, searching starts at position 0. If it is given, searching starts at the specified position.
For example,
var string = "what a string";
string.indexOf("a")returns the position of the first
a
appearing in the string, which in this example is 2. Similarly,var magicWord = "abracadabra";
var secondA = magicWord.indexOf("a", 1);returns 3, the index of the first
a
to be found in the string when starting from the second character of the string.NOTE: The indexOf() method is case-sensitive.
See Also
Clib.strchr() Method, Clib.strpbrk() Method, charAt() Method, lastIndexOf() Method, and string.replace() Method
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Siebel eScript Language Reference Published: 18 April 2003 |