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offset

offset(text1, text2)

Value returned: the number 0 if text1 does not appear in text2; otherwise, a positive integer equal to the number of characters from the first character of text2 to the first character of text1 within text2

Examples

get offset("world", "Hello world")

put offset(searchString,card field "Index") into theOffset

put offset(line 1 of card field 1, collectedHits) into N

if N is 0 then ...

else ...

Demo Script

on answerDiskName

 answer "This stack resides on the disk named" && diskName() & "."

end answerDiskName

function diskName thelongName

 if thelongName is empty

 then put the long name of this stack into theLongName

 -- remove “stack "” from the beginning of theLongName

 delete char 1 to offset(quote,theLongName) of theLongName

 -- return word before the first “:”

 return char 1 to offset(":",theLongName) - 1 of theLongName

end diskName

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