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+ | # $EPIC: index.txt,v 1.2 2007/03/02 02:32:04 jnelson Exp $ | ||
+ | ======Synopsis: | ||
+ | $__index__(< | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Technical: | ||
+ | * The < | ||
+ | * < | ||
+ | * If the first character in < | ||
+ | * Counting begins after the first space after < | ||
+ | * The return value is the number of initial characters in < | ||
+ | * If none of the characters in < | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Practical: | ||
+ | It used to be common to use $index() to find a character in a string so | ||
+ | that you could extract the parts of the string before and after the | ||
+ | character. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Returns: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | -1 no character in < | ||
+ | > -1 index to first instance of something in < | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======History: | ||
+ | This function originally appeared in ircII. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Examples: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | $index(abc hello there bob) returns 12 | ||
+ | $index(abc | ||
+ | $index(xyz hello there bob) returns -1 | ||
+ | $index() | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
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