ActiveReports 19 User Guide
MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Core.Data.VBFunctionLib Assembly / GrapeCity.Enterprise.Data.VisualBasicReplacement Namespace / Strings Class / InStr Method / InStr(Int32,String,String,CompareMethod) Method
Optional. Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search. If omitted, search begins at the first character position. The start index is 1-based.
Required. String expression being searched.
Required. String expression sought.
Optional. Specifies the type of string comparison. If compare is omitted, the Option Compare setting determines the type of comparison.

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InStr(Int32,String,String,CompareMethod) Method
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Returns an integer specifying the start position of the first occurrence of one string within another.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Function InStr( _
   ByVal start As Integer, _
   ByVal string1 As String, _
   ByVal string2 As String, _
   Optional ByVal compare As CompareMethod _
) As Integer
 

Parameters

start
Optional. Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search. If omitted, search begins at the first character position. The start index is 1-based.
string1
Required. String expression being searched.
string2
Required. String expression sought.
compare
Optional. Specifies the type of string comparison. If compare is omitted, the Option Compare setting determines the type of comparison.

Return Value

If string1 is zero length or Nothing, InStr returns 0. If string2 is zero length or Nothing, InStr returns start. If string2 is not found, InStr returns 0. If string2 is found within string1, InStr returns position where match begins. If start > string2, InStr returns 0.
See Also

Reference

Strings Class
Strings Members
Overload List