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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.

Examples

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.

$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.

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