Returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another.
Syntax –
InStr([start, ]string1, string2[, compare])
Example –
The following examples use InStr to search a string:
- Dim SearchString, SearchChar, MyPos
- SearchString ="XXpXXpXXPXXP" ' String to search in.
- SearchChar = "P" ' Search for "P".
- MyPos = Instr(4, SearchString, SearchChar, 1) ' A textual comparison starting at position 4. Returns 6.
- MyPos = Instr(1, SearchString, SearchChar, 0) ' A binary comparison starting at position 1. Returns 9.
- MyPos = Instr(SearchString, SearchChar) ' Comparison is binary by default (last argument is omitted). Returns 9.
- MyPos = Instr(1, SearchString, "W") ' A binary comparison starting at position 1. Returns 0 ("W" is not found).
