MyChat Scripts Engine: Pos, MyChat Scripts Engine: Pos, searching a substring in a string

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Searching the specified substring in a string. The letter case is important.

 

Syntax

function Pos(sSubSt, sSt: string): integer;

 

Parameters and return values

 

Function result

Returns the index of the substring. If the substring is not found, the function returns 0. Numeration of characters begins from 1.

 

Example

const
  sSt   = 'Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they''re here to stay.';
  sFind = 'away';
var
  x: integer;
begin
  mLogScript('Original string: "' + sSt + '"', '');
  mLogScript('Try to find the "' + sFind + '" string', '');
  
  x := pos(sFind, sSt);
  
    if x = 0 then mLogScript('not found', '')
      else mLogScript('String "' + sFind + '" is found. Position: ' + inttostr(x), '');
end.

Script work result

[14:26:35] (Log "Pos"): Original string: "Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they're here to stay."

[14:26:35] (Log "Pos"): Try to find the "away" string

[14:26:35] (Log "Pos"): String "away" is found. Position: 41
 

See also

IntToStr
mLogScript