Strfind
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strfind
| Note: This function name starts with a lowercase letter. |
Description:
Search for a sub string in a string.
(const string[],const sub[],bool:ignorecase=false,pos=0)
| const string[] | The string you want to search in (haystack). |
| const sub[] | The string you want to search for (needle). |
| ignorecase (optional) | When set to true, the case doesn't matter - HeLLo is the same as Hello. When false, they're not the same. |
| Position (optional) | The offset to start searching from. |
Return Values:
The number of characters before the sub string (the sub string's start position) or -1 if it's not found.
Example Usage:
if(strfind("Are you in here?", "you", true) != -1) //returns 4, because the start of 'you' (y) is at index 4 in the string { SendClientMessageToAll(0xFFFFFFFF, "I found you!"); }
Related Functions
The following functions may be useful, as they are related to this function in one way or another.
- strcmp: Compare two strings to check if they are the same.
- strtok: Get the next 'token' (word/parameter) in a string.
- strdel: Delete part of a string.
- strins: Insert text into a string.
- strlen: Get the length of a string.
- strmid: Extract part of a string into another string.
- strpack: Pack a string into a destination string.
- strval: Convert a string into an integer.
- strcat: Concatenate two strings into a destination reference.
