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Get Index of Substring

Use Get Index of Substring with the ordered inputs below.

Where to find it

Section titled “Where to find it”

Set Variable → Operations → Choose Operation → String. Requires Dev access to configure, then a successful compile to activate.

Inputs

Section titled “Inputs”
Input Type Role Requirement Default / constraint
Result Number Variable binding Required Required
String String Value Required Required
Search String Value Required Required
Starting Index (1-based) Number Value Required Required

Options and tags

Section titled “Options and tags”
Option Default Choices
Ignore Case False False, True
Search Type First occurrence First occurrence, Last occurrence

These choices belong to the operation configuration, not additional positional arguments.

Result and behavior

Section titled “Result and behavior”

Stores the result in the first configured destination Variable. Its type must match the result and any generic element/key types.

Configuration example

Section titled “Configuration example”
Block: Set Variable → Operations
Operation: Get Index of Substring
Result: Private Number result
String: Hello
Search: example
Starting Index (1-based): 1

Use this as an editor configuration: declare any Variables/collections first and choose real locations/eligible targets for your plot. It is not pasteable source code.

Restrictions and troubleshooting

Section titled “Restrictions and troubleshooting”

Indices exposed by these operations are 1-based. String output, regex work, and execution budgets remain bounded. Select the tags above for case/regex/matching modes where provided.

Reference identifier: text.index.