• <Helps for GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
      • Statement Format Symbols
      • Alphabetical List of Functions and Statements
      • List of Reserved Words
      • Deprecated Features
      • Declaration Statements
      • Array Object
      • List Object
      • ValueSet Object
      • File Object
      • Pff Object
      • Map Object
      • Program Control Statements
      • Assignment Statements
      • Data Entry Statements and Functions
      • Batch Edit Statements
      • Numeric Functions
      • String Functions
        • Compare Function
        • Concat Function
        • String Concatenation Operator
        • Edit Function
        • GetBuffer Function
        • Length Function
        • MakeText Function
        • Message Formatting Options
        • Pos Function
        • PosChar Function
        • RegExMatch Function
        • Strip Function
        • ToLower Function
        • ToNumber Function
        • ToUpper Function
      • Multiple Occurrence Functions
      • General Functions
      • Date and Time Functions
      • External File Functions
      • Synchronization Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • Appendix
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  • <Helps for CSSort>
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  • <Helps for CSReFmt>
  • <Helps for CSDiff>
  • <Helps for CSConcat>
  • <Helps for TRSSetup>
  • <Helps for ParadataViewer>
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PosChar Function

Format
i = poschar(pattern_string,source_string);
Description
The poschar function searches for a collection of characters, represented in a pattern_string, within a source_string. The function returns the beginning position of the first occurrence of the pattern string in the source string. Both arguments are string expressions, and they are case sensitive, meaning that "c" is recognized as different from "C".
Return Value
The function returns the position of the first occurrence of the pattern string, or if no characters from the pattern string are found, the function returns 0.
Examples
VALUE = poschar("L","CHILDREN");    // VALUE will be 4; this is where the
                                    // pattern string (the letter "L")
                                    // occurs in the source string ("CHILDREN")

VALUE = poschar("LCN","CHILDREN");  // VALUE will be 1; of the characters in the
                                    // pattern string, "C" is the first character
                                    // encountered in the source string, and it is
                                    // found at position 1
See also: Pos Function