Find-String

Command Description

Find the specified characters in the string; return the position of the found characters if found, and return 0 if not found

Command Prototype

iRet = InStr(sText,sSubText,iPos,bCompare)

Parameter Description

Parameter	Required	Type	Default	Description
sText	True	string	""	The string to be operated
sSubText	True	string	""	The substring to find
iPos	True	number	1	The index of position to start finding
bCompare	True	boolean	None	Whether to be case sensitive when strings are compared

return

iRet，The variable used to save the output of the command.

Demo

TracePrint("----------------------find string---------------------- --") 
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
//[Remarks] Find the specified character in the string, return the position of the found character, if not found, return  0. 
//Input parameter 1: 
//      sText--A string to operate on. 
//Input parameter 2: 
//      sSubText--the substring to be searched. 
//Input parameter 3: 
//      iPos--Search from the first word. 
//Input parameter 4: 
//      bCompare--Whether it is case sensitive when comparing strings. 
//out parameters: 
//      iRet--The variable to which the output of the function call is saved. 
// 
//Command prototype: iRet=InStr(sText,sSubText,iPos,bCompare) 
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
iRet=InStr("UiBot", "Bot",1,True) 
TracePrint(iRet)