VARKON Version 1.15 1997-10-24

finds - Function

Searches a string


Description

Searces a string for the occurence of another string and returns its location.

Syntax

finds(str1,str2)

STRING	str1*132;
STRING	str2*132;

Principal parameters

str1	- The string to search in
str2	- The string to search for

Optional parameters

None.

Return value

The position of str2 in str1 as an INT value. Zero is returned if str2 is not found in str1.

Examples

finds("ABCDE","CD") = 3

finds("ABCDE","P") = 0