NAME

       Strings::firstOccurs - Return the position of the first occurence of a substring

SYNOPSIS

       Int firstOccurs( String needle, String haystack )

ARGUMENTS

       needle The string to check for

       haystack The string to check

DESCRIPTION

       Returns the position of the first occurence of the needle substring in the haystack string
       (or the length of the string if the substring is not in the string).

    str = "abcdefgabcde";
    i = firstOccurs("ab",str); // i = 0
    i = firstOccurs("de",str); // i = 3
    i = firstOccurs("efa",str); // i = 12

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For
       further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later  version)  as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

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