Search a string, from left to right, for the first occurrence of a character-string. Then, return a number identifying the character position.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.
Syntax:
&INDEX( `wholestring', `characterstring')
Aliases:
&index( `wholestring', `characterstring')
&Index( `wholestring', `characterstring')
Example:
Search for the first occurrence of the character string IS. The value 3 is returned because IS first occurs in the third position.
&INDEX( 'THIS IS AN EXAMPLE', 'IS')
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