find

int  find(string haystack, string needle)

int  find(string haystack, string needle, int start)

int  find(string haystack, string needle, int start, int end)

Returns the position of the first occurrence of the needle string within the haystack string. You can limit the result to the first substring that starts at or after a start position, and at or before an end position.

You can find each occurrence in a loop by setting start at each iteration to the end of the previous match.

Returns a negative number if the substring is not found.

int [] find(string haystack, string needle)

int [] find(string haystack, string needle, int start)

int [] find(string haystack, string needle, int start, int end)

Returns a list of positions of occurrences of the needle string within the haystack string. You can limit the results to substrings that start at or after a start position, and before an end position.

Returns an empty array if the substring is not found.

int  find(<type>array[], <type>target)

int  find(<type>array[], <type>target, int start)

int  find(<type>array[], <type>target, int start, int end)

Returns the position of the first occurrence of the target value within the array. You can limit the result to the first occurrence at or after a start position, and at or before an end position.

You can find each occurrence in a loop by setting start at each iteration to the next position after the previous match.

Returns a negative number if the target is not found.

int [] find(<type>array[], <type>target)

int [] find(<type>array[], <type>target, int start)

int [] find(<type>array[], <type>target, int start, int end)

Returns a list of positions of occurrences of the target value within the array. You can limit the results to occurrences at or after a start position, and before an end position.

• When you specify an end position, it means the matching substring must start before the end.
• The scalar versions return -len(haystack)-1 to indicate no matches. This value is intended to cause an error if you try to use it as an index into the string/array.
• Searching for the empty string always fails. This differs from Python.
• You cannot use negative indices for the start and end arguments.