Functions

offset

Supported By

Syntax

[the] offset of ( needle , haystack )

offset ( needle , haystack )

Haystack and needle yield strings.

Description

The offset function returns the index of the first appearance of the string needle in the string haystack, starting at 1. If needle cannot be found in haystack, zero is returned.

This function is case-insensitive. For a case-sensitive version of this function, see csOffset. For a regular expression-based version of this function, see regOffset.

Note

This function is similar to instr, but the arguments are in reverse order.