Find (Int64)

Name

Find

Syntax

Find (String lookFor, String lookIn)

Purpose

Searches the string specified in lookFor in the lookIn string.

Description

Returns an integer representing the starting position of lookFor, in lookIn. If lookFor was not found in lookIn or either lookFor or lookIn is null, -1 Is returned. Note: Counting is started with the integer value, “0”

Return Type

Int64

Parameters

lookFor [System.String] – String to search for

lookIn [System.String] – String to search in

isCaseSensitive [System.Boolean] – Is Case Sensitive

Example

In this example, we are passing the required parameters to the function transformation object using a Variables object.

Where,

lookFor = e

lookIn = ABCDEFGH

isCaseSensitive = False

Right-click on the function transformation object and select Preview Output. You can see that Astera Data Stack has returned the integer value “4”, indicating that the lookFor value’s positional integer value in the lookIn string is “4”.

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