Template:Str find/doc

Usage

{{Str find|text|sub_string}} = Position of first appearance of sub_string in text.

• Only searches first 50 characters of text. Returns -1 if sub_string not found in first 50 characters.
• Character position is 1 based (not 0 based as usual in calculations).
• Warning: if sub_string is empty, then this routine will return 1 !!! This case will often have to be handled specially.

See also

Template:Strfind short can handle longer strings (<99 chars), and gives far better performance, especially for short strings.

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