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The UPOS Function

The UPOS function returns an integer value that is equal to the index of the nth UTF-8 character in a character string argument that is encoded in UTF-8.

The function type is integer.

General Format

Arguments

argument-1
Must be alphabetic or alphanumeric, and must contain valid UTF-8 encoded characters.
argument-2
The nth UTF-8 character to locate in argument-1. argument-2 must be a positive integer and not exceed ULENGTH(argument-1), otherwise zero is returned.

Returned Value

The returned value is an integer that is equal to the index of the nth UTF-8 character (as specified by argument-2) in argument-1.

Parent topic: Definitions of Functions
Related reference
The ULENGTH Function
The USUBSTR Function
The USUPPLEMENTARY Function
The UVALID Function
The UWIDTH Function