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”.