findFirst function

float findFirst(inputString, matchString)

inputString string

matchString string

Returns the first occurrence (position/index) of matchString in the inputString, or -1 if it is not found.

This function returns the index of the first occurrence of the matchString in the inputString.

Note: Indices are 0 - based.

Related

findFirstfunction findLastfunction getPrefixfunction getRangefunction getSuffixfunction replacefunction

Examples

Example

findFirst("rule your city with cityengine","city")
# result = 10
# "rule your " = 10 characters; then the match string starts