vl-string-search

vl-string-right-trim

V Functions

vl-string-subst

 

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vl-string-search

Searches for the specified pattern in a string

(vl-string-search pattern string [start-pos])

Arguments

pattern

A string containing the pattern to be searched for.

string

The string to be searched for pattern.

start-pos

An integer identifying the starting position of the search; 0 if omitted.

Return Values

An integer representing the position in the string where the specified pattern was found; otherwise nil if the pattern is not found; the first character of the string is position 0.

Examples

_$ (vl-string-search "foo"
"pfooyey on you")

1

_$ (vl-string-search "who"
"pfooyey on you")

nil

_$ (vl-string-search "foo"
"fooey-more-fooey" 1)

11