PosEx function

In unit StrUtils

Search for the occurrence of a character in a string, starting at a certain position.

Declaration

pascal

function PosEx(const SubStr: Ansistring; const S: Ansistring; 
 Offset: SizeInt): SizeInt

Arguments

`SubStr`	String to search for.
`S`	String to search.
`Offset`	Initial position where to start searching.

Function result

Position of the character, or 0 if it is not found.

Description

PosEx returns the position of the first occurrence of the character C or the substring SubStr in the string S, starting the search at position Offset (default 1). If C or SubStr does not occur in S after the given Offset, zero is returned. The position Offset is also searched.

Errors

None.