Core Function IndexOfAny

IndexOfAny( <expression>, <needle>, <pos>, <case>, <count> )

Description

Reports the index of the first occurrence of any characters or array of strings in a specified string.

expression

The string to use.

needle

The characters to find (as a string) or an array of strings to find.

pos

Optional; Position to start the search from within the expression.

Default: 0

case

Optional; Case sensitive option

false = Case sensitive search

true = Case insensitive search

Default: false

count

Optional; The amount of characters to check before quitting the search

Default: expression length - pos

Return Value

Success: Returns position of the found character or string in the string.

Failure: Returns -1.

Remarks

None.

Example

Case sensitive

// Find characters
println(   IndexOfAny("The quick brown FoX", "qki")   );
println(   IndexOfAny("The quick brown FoX", "qkie")   );
// Find string
println(   IndexOfAny("The quick brown FoX", array("FoX"))   );
// Find array of strings
println(   IndexOfAny("The quick brown FoX", array("brown", "FoX"))   );

Case insensitive

// Find characters
println(   IndexOfAny("The quick brown FoX", "QK", 0, true)   );
println(   IndexOfAny("The quick brown FoX", "EQ", 0, true)   );
// Find string
println(   IndexOfAny("The quick brown FoX", array("fox"), 0, true)   );
// Find array of strings
println(   IndexOfAny("The quick brown FoX", array("brown1", "fox"), 0, true)   );