Function: indexOf()

Returns the character position of one string inside another.

Syntax

indexOf(stringToTest, stringToLookFor)

Argument	Type	Description
stringToTest	String	The string that will be searched.
stringToLookFor	String	The string to look for.

indexOf("Thomas Troubridge", " ")

Returns 7, the position of the space " " in "Thomas Troubridge".

indexOf("Thomas Troubridge", "bridge")

Returns 12.

indexOf("Thomas Troubridge", "x")

Returns 0.

do( 
   $start = indexOf(in.fileName, "_") + 1, 
   $end = $start + 8, 
   $date = substring(in.fileName, $start, $end)
)

If in.fileName contained file names like "switchRC48_20060708.exp", the script above would extract the date element of the file name.