find() Function

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
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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