| Find |
|
 |
| Description
|
|
Finds the first occurrence of a substring in a string, from a specified start position. The search is case-sensitive.
|
| |
| Returns
|
|
A number; the position of substring in string; or 0, if substring is not in string.
|
| |
| Category
|
|
String functions
|
| |
| Function syntax |
Find(substring, string [, start ])
|
| |
| See also
|
|
FindNoCase, Compare, FindOneOf, REFind, Replace
|
| |
| Parameters
|
| |
| Parameter |
Description |
| substring |
A string or a variable that contains one. String for which to search. |
| string |
A string or a variable that contains one. String in which to search. |
| start |
Start position of search. |
|
| |
Example<cfoutput>
<cfset stringToSearch = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.">
#find("the",stringToSearch)#<br>
#find("the",stringToSearch,35)#<br>
#find("no such substring",stringToSearch)#<br>
<br>
#findnocase("the",stringToSearch)#<br>
#findnocase("the",stringToSearch,5)#<br>
#findnocase("no such substring",stringToSearch)#<br>
<br>
#findoneof("aeiou",stringToSearch)#<br>
#findoneof("aeiou",stringToSearch,4)#<br>
#findoneof("@%^*()",stringToSearch)#<br>
</cfoutput>
|