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Finding a string inside a larger string

Explains how to find a string inside of a bigger string



<script language="javascript1.1">
 var sSupersetString="abcdefg";
 var sSubsetString="abc";
 var lPosition=sSupersetString.indexOf(sSubsetString);
 alert(lPosition);
/*
Returns the value 2 meaning abc was found
starting with the third character.
*/
</script>

Comments

  1. 04 May 2007 at 18:34

    hi there :)

    first of all, i want to thank you for this code. and i want to ask you to do me a favour! can you please post the find function to find a string in a rich text box? i need it badly :(

    thank you again for your help

  2. 16 Apr 2002 at 09:15

    HI there!
    can you tell us whether one can input a string from a text box and then use that input to search in pre-defined strings?
    Thanks,
    Manos

  3. 01 Jan 1999 at 00:00

    This thread is for discussions of Finding a string inside a larger string.

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