Strings::firstOccurs(3) Return the position of the first occurence of a substring

SYNOPSIS

Int firstOccurs( String needle, String haystack )

ARGUMENTS

needle The string to check for

haystack The string to check

DESCRIPTION

Returns the position of the first occurence of the needle substring in the haystack string (or the length of the string if the substring is not in the string).


 str = "abcdefgabcde";
 i = firstOccurs("ab",str); // i = 0
 i = firstOccurs("de",str); // i = 3
 i = firstOccurs("efa",str); // i = 12

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

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