FIND

Syntax

FIND (string_expression, search_string)

Description

Returns the starting position of a string of any length within string_expression.

Arguments

string_expression The string to search.
search_string The string characters to find within the string.

Returns

The starting position of the search_string as an Integer32.

Remarks

If search_string is not found, FIND returns a 0.

Example

If MyEntity.FileName contains a value of "C:\Documents\Scribe", the following formula:

FIND(MyEntity.FileName, "Documents")

Returns: 4, which is the starting position of the word Documents

Related Topics

Text Functions

FINDREGEX

MATCHREGEX

REPLACE