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$pos returns the case-insensitive position of the Nth substring within a text string. See $poscs for the case-sensitive version.
Synopsis
$pos(text,substring [,N] )
Parameters
%var/text The string being searched
substring The string being searched for within text string
N The Nth occurrence of substring being searched for. Default is 1 if parameter not used.
- Note: N=0 returns count of string's occurrences. Returns $null if Nth substring not found.
Switches
None
Examples
//echo -a $pos(DEADBEEF,E) returns: 2 (search is case-insensitive) (Default N=1 when 3rd parameter isn't used) //echo -a $pos(DEADBEEF,e,2) returns: 6 //echo -a $pos(DEADBEEF,e,0) returns: 3 (count of letter 'e') //echo -a $pos(deadbeef,db,1) returns: 4 //echo -a $pos(DEADBEEF,x,0) returns: $null (not found) //var %a a $chr(32) b | echo -a The string has length $len(%a) and contains $pos(%a,$chr(32),0) spaces //echo -a The path-less filename is $mid($mircexe, $calc(1+$pos($mircexe,\, $count($mircexe,\) ) ) )
Compatibility
Added: mIRC v4.52
Added on: 06 Jul 1996
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.