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.

RELATED

       Strings.firstOccurs (3kaya)

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