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String.indexOf

string, string.indexof, indexof, index

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

    myString.indexOf(substring, [startIndex])

Parameters

`substring` An integer or string specifying the substring to be searched for within `myString`.

`startIndex` An integer specifying the starting point in `myString` to search for substring. This parameter is optional.

Returns

The position of the first occurrence of the specified substring, or -1.

Description

Method; searches the string and returns the position of the first occurrence of the specified `substring`. If the value is not found, the method returns -1.