Name

Find

Synopsis

Find(substring, string [, startpos])

Returns the position of the first occurrence of substring in string. If substring isn’t found, Find( ) returns 0. An optional starting position for the search can be specified by the startpos parameter. Find( ) performs a case-sensitive search. Example:

<CFSET MyString="This is a case-sensitive example of using the Find function to 
find a substring within a string.">
<CFSET MySubString="find">

<CFOUTPUT>
<B>String:</B> #MyString#<BR>
<B>Substring:</B> #MySubstring#
<P>The first occurrence of <B>#MySubstring#</B> is at position 
#Find(MySubstring, MyString)#.
</CFOUTPUT>

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