Find |
Description
Finds the first occurrence of a substring in a string, from a specified start position. The search is case-sensitive.
Returns
A number; the position of substring in string; or 0, if substring is not in string.
Category
String functions
Function syntax
    Find(substring, string [, start ])
See also
FindNoCase, Compare, FindOneOf, REFind, Replace
Parameters
Parameter | Description
substring | A string or a variable that contains one. String for which to search.
string | A string or a variable that contains one. String in which to search.
start | Start position of search.
Example
    <cfoutput>
       <cfset stringToSearch = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.">
       #find("the",stringToSearch)#<br>
       #find("the",stringToSearch,35)#<br>
       #find("no such substring",stringToSearch)#<br>
       <br>
       #findnocase("the",stringToSearch)#<br>
       #findnocase("the",stringToSearch,5)#<br>
       #findnocase("no such substring",stringToSearch)#<br>
       <br>
       #findoneof("aeiou",stringToSearch)#<br>
       #findoneof("aeiou",stringToSearch,4)#<br>
       #findoneof("@%^*()",stringToSearch)#<br>
    </cfoutput>

substring |
A string or a variable that contains one. String for which to search.

string |
A string or a variable that contains one. String in which to search.

start |
Start position of search.