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Generating user dialogs
1.9 Predefined functions
Function name
String find
118
Description
The function searches the transferred string for the first match with the
substring.
If the substring is found, the function returns the index to the first char‐
acter (starting with zero) or, if not, -1.
Parameter:
string - string variable
findstring - string to be found
startindex – start index (optional)
Syntax:
<function name="string.find" return="<int val>">
str1, find string
</function>
Example:
<let name="index">0</let>
<let name="str1" type="string">A brown bear hunts a
brown dog. </let>
<function name="string.find" return="index"> str1,
_T"brown"
</function>
Result:
Index = 2
or
<function name="string.find" return="index"> str1,
_T"brown", 1
</function>
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