Last updated on
May 16, 2021
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Also applies to ColdFusion
Description
Finds the first occurrence of a substring in a string, from a specified start position. The search is case sensitive.
Returns
A number; the position of substring in string; or 0, if substring is not in string.
Category
Function syntax
Find(substring, string [, start ]) |
See also
FindNoCase, Compare, FindOneOf, REFind, Replace
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
substring |
The string that you are searching for. |
string |
The string in which to search for the substring. |
start |
The position to start searching in the string (starts at 1). |
Example
<cfoutput>
<cfset stringToSearch = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.">
#find("the",stringToSearch)#<br>
#find("the",stringToSearch,35)#<br>
#find("no such substring",stringToSearch)#<br>
</cfoutput>