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STRPOS

Returns the starting position of the first instance of a given substring within a string.

Syntax

STRPOS(STRING, SUBSTRING)

Arguments

STRING

Type: string

A sequence of characters to search.

SUBSTRING

Type: string

The substring to search for.

Returns

Type: bigint

Returns the starting position of the first instance of SUBSTRING in STRING.

Positions start from 1. If no instance is found, 0 is returned.


Examples

STRING SUBSTRING Output
All happy families are alike all 0
All happy families are alike All 1
All happy families are alike are 20
All happy families are alike '' 1
'' '' 1
'' word 0
null word null

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