Description:
Find the position of
a substring within a given string. If no substring is found, the value zero is returned.
Invocation
RESULT = CHR_INDEX( STRING, SUBSTR )
Arguments
STRING = CHARACTER
(
) (Given)
The string to be searched.
SUBSTR = CHARACTER
(
)
(Given)
The substring to be used in the search.
Returned Value
CHR_INDEX = INTEGER
The
position of SUBSTR within STRING.
Notes:
This routine is OBSOLETE. It exists for historical
reasons. Its function is identical to the Fortran intrinsic function INDEX. It is recommended that the
INDEX intrinsic function be called directly.
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