MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-CFML LANGUAGE, Reference

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Chapter 2: ColdFusion Functions 347
Find
Returns the first index of an occurrence of a substring in a string from a specified
starting position. Returns 0 if substring is not in string. The search is case-sensitive.
See also FindNoCase , Compare , FindOneOf , REFind , and Replace .
Syntax
Find ( substring, string [, start ])
substring
String being sought.
string
String being searched.
start
Starting position for the search.
Examples
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<!--- depending upon the action desired, perform
different function --->
<CFSWITCH EXPRESSION="#tag#">
<CFCASE VALUE="find">
<CFSET TheAction = Find(FORM.MyString,
CFHTTP.FileContent, 1)>
</CFCASE>
<CFCASE VALUE="findNoCase">
<CFSET TheAction = FindNoCase(FORM.MyString,
CFHTTP.FileContent, 1)>
</CFCASE>
<CFCASE VALUE="findOneof">
<CFSET TheAction = FindOneOf(FORM.MyString,
CFHTTP.FileContent, 1)>
</CFCASE>
<CFDEFAULTCASE>
<CFSET TheAction = Find(FORM.MyString,
CFHTTP.FileContent, 1)>
</CFDEFAULTCASE>
</CFSWITCH>
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