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== find == This function allows one to search for a target string or pattern within another string. Usage: : <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:</nowiki>String|find|''source_string''|''target_string''|''start_index''|''plain_flag''}}</code> OR : <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:</nowiki>String|find|source= ''source_string'' |target= ''target_string'' |start= ''start_index'' |plain= ''plain_flag'' }}</code> Parameters: ; source : The string to search ; target : The string or pattern to find within source ; start : The index within the source string to start the search, defaults to 1 ; plain : Boolean flag indicating that target should be understood as plain text and not as a [[mw:Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference manual#Ustring patterns|Scribunto ustring pattern]] (a unicode-friendly [[w:Lua (programming language)|Lua]]-style [[w:regular expression|regular expression]]); defaults to true This function returns the first index >= "start" where "target" can be found within "source". Indices are 1-based. If "target" is not found, then this function returns 0. If either "source" or "target" are missing / empty, this function also returns 0. This function should be safe for UTF-8 strings. Examples: * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String|find|abc123def|12}}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:String|find|abc123def|12}} * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String|find|source=abc123def|target=12}}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:String|find|source=abc123def|target=12}} * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String|find|source=abc123def|target=pqr}}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:String|find|source=abc123def|target=pqr}} * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String|find| abc123def |123}}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:String|find| abc123def |123}} * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String|find|source= abc123def |target= 123 }}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:String|find|source= abc123def |target= 123 }} * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String|find|source=abc123def|target=%d |start=3 |plain=false }}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:String|find|source=abc123def|target=%d |start=3 |plain=false }} When using unnamed parameters, preceding and trailing spaces are kept and counted: * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String|find| abc123def |c|false}}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:String|find| abc123def |c|false}} * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String|find|source= abc123def |target=c|plain=false}}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:String|find|source= abc123def |target=c|plain=false}} * <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:string|find|abc 123 def|%s|plain=false}}</nowiki></code> β {{#invoke:string|find|abc 123 def|%s|plain=false}} Testing for the presence of a string: * <code>{{pf|ifexpr|<nowiki>{{#invoke:string|find|haystack|needle}}</nowiki>|Found needle|Didn't find needle}}</code> β {{#ifexpr:{{#invoke:string|find|haystack|needle}}|Found needle|Didn't find needle}} {{anchor|replace}}
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