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.TH "Strings.firstOccurs" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
Strings::firstOccurs \- Return the position of the first occurence of a substring
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B Int firstOccurs(
\fIString needle, String haystack\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "needle"
The string to check for
.PP
.B "haystack"
The string to check
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Returns the position of the first occurence of the
\fIneedle\fP
substring in the
\fIhaystack\fP
string (or the length of the string if the substring is not in the string).
.IP "" -4
 str = "abcdefgabcde";
 i = firstOccurs("ab",str); // i = 0
 i = firstOccurs("de",str); // i = 3
 i = firstOccurs("efa",str); // i = 12
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH 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.
.SH "RELATED"
.PD 0
.PP
.B "Strings.firstOccurs"(3kaya)
.PD 0.4v