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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.