String Theory

mccizmt2

Hi all,

Is there a C/AL function that allows you to search for a character string within another.

e.g. FINAL EXAM

and I want to know if FINAL is in the above string or not?

Please can somebody help.

kikkoman

hey mccizmt2,

you can use

STRPOS (String)
-Use this function to search for a substring inside a string.

Position := STRPOS(String, SubString)
Position
Data type: integer
The position of SubString in String. If the system cannot find SubString, it returns zero (0).

String
Data type: text constant or code
The string you want to search in.

SubString
Data type: text constant or code
The string you want to search for. The STRPOS function is case-sensitive.

Comments
The STRPOS function only returns the position of the first occurrence of the substring.

jekingcom

Sure you can use a couple, but the easiest is the STRPOS function.

Text1 := 'FINAL EXAM';
SubStr := 'FINAL';
IF STRPOS(Text1, SubStr) > 0 THEN ....