FindOneOf - script and chart function

FindOneOf() searches a string to find the position of the occurrence of any character from a set of provided characters. The position of the first occurrence of any character from the search set is returned unless a third argument (with a value greater than 1) is supplied. If no match is found, 0 is returned.

Syntax:

FindOneOf(text, char_set[, count])

Return data type: integer

Arguments:

Arguments
Argument	Description
text	The original string.
char_set	A set of characters to search for in text.
count	Defines which occurrence of any of the characters to search for. For example, a value of 2 searches for the second occurrence.

Example	Result
FindOneOf( 'my example text string', 'et%s')	Returns '4' because ‘e’ is the fourth character in the example string.
FindOneOf( 'my example text string', 'et%s', 3)	Returns '12' because the search is for any of the characters e, t, % or s, and "t" is the third occurrence in position 12 of the example string.
FindOneOf( 'my example text string', '¤%&')	Returns '0' because none of the characters ¤, %, or & exist in the example string.

Load *
Inline
[SearchFor, Occurrence
et%s,1
et%s,3
¤%&,1]

Result

SearchFor	Occurrence	FindOneOf('my example text string', SearchFor, Occurrence)
et%s	1	4
et%s	3	12
¤%&	1	0

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