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Template documentation

Usage

{{Str find|text|sub_string}} = Position of first appearance of sub_string in text.

Examples

In the examples, the string to be searched is |1=Abcdefghijklm:

• A; -1
• a; -1
• def; -1
• klm; -1
• zyx; -1
• empty;klm;-1
• empty;empty; 1

• Case sensitive.
• Returns -1 if sub_string not found
• Character position is 1 based (not 0 based as usual in calculations).
• Warning: if sub_string is empty, then this routine will return 1 !!! This case will often have to be handled specially.

TemplateData

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Str find

A template to find the numeric position of first appearance of ''sub_string'' in ''text''
Template parameters
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Text
1
The text to search within
String
required
Sub_string
2
The string to be searched within the text
String
required

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