indexOf

This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.

Description

Searches for the first occurrence of the substring inside of string. Returns the index of where substring was found, or -1 if it wasn't found. The first position in the string is position 0.

Syntax

indexOf(string, substring)

Parameters

Type	Parameter	Description
String or List	string	The string to search through. As of version 8.1.8, this parameter also accepts tuples and lists.
String	substring	The string to search for.

Returns

Integer - The index where the substring was first found in the string. Returns -1 if the substring is not found.

Examples

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indexOf("Hamburger", "urge") //Returns 4.

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indexOf("Test", "") //returns 0

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indexOf("Dysfunctional", "fun") //returns 3

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indexOf("Dysfunctional", "marble") //returns -1

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indexOf("banana", "n") //returns 2