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Returns the position of a specified string expression inside another specified string expression.
The position of the string being located is indicated by the number of characters from the left side of the string being evaluated.
==== Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>InStr(String1,String2)</syntaxhighlight>
Where: [[[String1]] - a string to be evaluated
[[String2]] - a string to be located
==== Notes ====
In case the search returns no results 0 is returned
In case if the sought word occurs more than once, the first position will be returned
Search is case sensetive
==== Example ====
<syntaxhighlight>InStr("Friday is the expiration day", "Friday");</syntaxhighlight>
will return a value of 1, indicating that the string "Friday" begins at position 1 of the String "Friday is the expiration day"
<syntaxhighlight>InStr("Friday is the expiration day", "Monday");</syntaxhighlight>
will return a value of 0, indicating that the string "Monday" does not exist in the String "Friday is the expiration day"
[[Category:Text Manipulation]]
The position of the string being located is indicated by the number of characters from the left side of the string being evaluated.
==== Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>InStr(String1,String2)</syntaxhighlight>
Where: [[[String1]] - a string to be evaluated
[[String2]] - a string to be located
==== Notes ====
In case the search returns no results 0 is returned
In case if the sought word occurs more than once, the first position will be returned
Search is case sensetive
==== Example ====
<syntaxhighlight>InStr("Friday is the expiration day", "Friday");</syntaxhighlight>
will return a value of 1, indicating that the string "Friday" begins at position 1 of the String "Friday is the expiration day"
<syntaxhighlight>InStr("Friday is the expiration day", "Monday");</syntaxhighlight>
will return a value of 0, indicating that the string "Monday" does not exist in the String "Friday is the expiration day"
[[Category:Text Manipulation]]