4D v13.4

LOCATE

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LOCATE

LOCATE  


 

 

Command LOCAT LOCATE (arithmetic_expression, arithmetic_expression, arithmetic_expression)

LOCATE (arithmetic_expression, arithmetic_expression)

The LOCATE function returns the starting position of the 1st occurrence of an arithmetic_expression found within a second arithmetic_expression. You can also pass a third arithmetic_expression to specify the character position where the search must begin.

Example  

This example will return the position of the first letter X found in the last names of the PEOPLE table:

SELECT FirstName, LOCATE('X',LastName)
FROM PEOPLE;

 
PROPERTIES 

Product: 4D
Theme: Functions

 
INDEX

Alphabetical list of commands

 
SEE ALSO 

POSITION
SUBSTRING