Difference between revisions of "LlSubStringIndex"

Revision as of 07:04, 29 March 2007

Function: integer llSubStringIndex( string source, string pattern );


0.0	Forced Delay
10.0	Energy

Returns an integer that is the index of source in pattern.

• string	source
• string	pattern

If pattern is not found in source, -1 is returned.

An easy way to see if a string exists in another string...

if(~llSubStringIndex(myString, str))
{//it exists
    //This works because ~(-1) == 0
    //It saves bytecode and is faster then doing == -1
}

Signature
function integer llSubStringIndex( string source, string pattern );

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 |constants
 |examples
-|helpers
+|helpers=
+An easy way to see if a string exists in another string...
+<pre>
+if(~llSubStringIndex(myString, str))
+{//it exists
+    //This works because ~(-1) == 0
+    //It saves bytecode and is faster then doing == -1
+}
+</pre>
 |also_functions=
 {{LSL DefineRow||[[llListFindList]]|Find a list in another list}}