1. ZPL II, ZBI 2, Set-Get-Do, Mirror, WML Programming Guide
  2. ZBI Commands
  3. POS
  • ZPL II, ZBI 2, Set-Get-Do, Mirror, WML Programming Guide
POS

POS

This function returns the location of the first occurrence of a search string in the target string. It can be assigned an index.
Format
POS(A$,B$)
POS(A$,B$,M)
Parameters
  • A$
     = the target string to search
  • B$
     = the search string to find in
    A$
  • M
     = The index to start looking for
    B$
    . If omitted, the search will start at the beginning of the string.
    M
     must be greater than zero.
Returns
The location of the string. If the string is not found, this will return 0.
Example
This is an example of how to use the POS command:
10 LET A$="Hello World" 
20 LET B$="o" 
30 PRINT POS(A$,B$) 
40 PRINT POS(A$,B$,1) 
50 PRINT POS(A$,B$,6) 
RUN 
5 
5 
8
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