instr$
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Syntax
position = INSTR$(begin, text, search_key)
Arguments
text, search_key: text
position, begin: integer
Meaning
Searches case-sensitive for character string search_key in text text starting at position begin. Returns the start position if search_key is found, otherwise 0.
Example 1
position = INSTR$(4, 'abcdefghij', 'ghi')
Result
position is 7.
Example 2
position = INSTR$(10, 'abcdefghijklm', 'ghi')
Result
position is 0.
Example 3
position = INSTR$(1, 'abcde\fghijklm', '\')
Result
position is 6 (no need to escape the backslash here).
See also