====== Find(text, look_for) ====== Category: Text function \\ =====Description===== This function finds the exact position of //look_for// within //text// and returns the position of the first character. If //look_for// is not found within //text// then it returns 0. The first character in //text// has an index of 1. \\ =====Arguments===== ^Argument^Type^Description^ |text|Text|The text value to search within for the //look_for// string.| |look_for|Text|The text string to search for within //text//.| **Return value type:** Number \\ =====Remarks===== This function is case sensitive. Both arguments are implicitly converted to text values if required. \\ =====Examples===== find('New York', 'York') //Returns 5 find('New York', 'New') //Returns 1 find('New York', 'Dallas') //Returns 0 find('New York New York', 'York') //Returns 5 (Returns the position of the first instance only) find('New York', 'new') //Returns 0 (Unmatched due to case) find([City], 'Ant') //Returns 5 (Using a field name; [City] = 'San Antonio') find(1200, 2) //Returns 2 (Numeric values are converted to text implicitly) \\ ===== See also ===== * [[syntax:functions:contains]|Contains(text, look_for)]] * [[syntax:functions:endswith]|EndsWith(text1, look_for)]] * [[syntax:functions:startswith]|StartsWith(text1, look_for)]]