# Function Reference

StringInStr

Checks if a string contains a given substring.

StringInStr ( "string", "substring" [, casesense [, occurrence]] )

Parameters

string | The string to evaluate.
substring | The substring to search for.
casesense | [optional] Flag to indicate if the operations should be case sensitive. 0 = not case sensitive (default) 1 = case sensitive
occurrence | [optional] Which occurrence of the substring to find in the string. Use a negative occurrence to search from the right side. The default value is 1 (finds first occurrence).

Return Value

Success: | Returns the position of the substring.
Failure: | Returns 0 if substring not found.
@Error | 0 - Normal operation
| 1 - Occurrence was 0. Occurrence must be a positive or negative integer.

Remarks

The first character position is 1. If occurrence is given, casesense must also be given.

Related

String, StringLeft, StringLen, StringLower, StringMid, StringRight, StringTrimLeft, StringTrimRight, StringUpper

Example

$result = StringInStr("I am a String", "RING")
MsgBox(0, "Search result:", $result)
$location = StringInStr("How much wood could a woodchuck chuck is a woodchuck could chuck wood?", "wood", 0, 3) ; Find the 3rd occurance of "wood"