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>

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