INSTR

INSTR

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position = INSTR([start,] parent, chlid)

Returns the location of the first occurrence of the substring chlid in parent.

Parameters

• parent and child are string expressions.
• start is a numeric expression in [1 to 255], specifying the starting position from where to look; if not specified, the search starts at character 1.

Notes

• If child is not a substring of parent occurring at or before start, INSTR returns 0.
• If the start index is 0 (instead of 1), it still searches from the beginning.
• If child is empty, it is found right away at the start index.

Errors

• start has a string value or parent or child have numeric values: Type mismatch
• start is not in [-32768 to 32767]: Overflow.
• start is not in [1 to 255]: Illegal function call.