Function

find( search_text, within_text, start_num )

Returns index location of case-sensitive substring with given string. Returns the one-based location index of the first character of the first match.

See also: search()

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
search_text	Text	The text that will be searched for.
within_text	Text	The text that will be searched in.
start_num	Number	The index of the first character within the within_text value from which to start searching. 0 by default.

Returns

Number

Examples

find("to","boston",1) returns 4

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Custom Record Field Expressions	Compatible
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible