Find - Allen-Bradley Micro800 General Instructions Manual

Chapter 22
String manipulation instructions

FIND

Parameter
EN
In
Pat
FIND
ENO
600
FIND locates and provides the position of sub-strings within strings.
Arguments
Parameter Type Data Type
Input BOOL
Input STRING
Input STRING
Output DINT
Output BOOL
FIND function language examples
Function block diagram
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Description
Function enable.
When EN = TRUE, locate position within strings.
When EN = FALSE, no locate operation.
Any non-empty string.
Any non-empty string (Pattern).
Can be:
• 0 if the sub string Pat not found
• the position of the first character of the first occurrence of the sub-string
Pat (first position is 1)
Note: This function is case sensitive.
Enable out.