Is there any straight forward function to perform like searches in a string...
I did search the forum!
Please suggest
Thanks.
Like searches in a string
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sankarsadasivan
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Re: Like searches in a string
Checkout the INDEX function in the help or supplied PDF.
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LOCATE, FIND and FINDSTR statements can be used in routines to search for delimited substrings.
INDEX() searches for a particular occurrence (for example the first) of a given substring.
INDEX() searches for a particular occurrence (for example the first) of a given substring.
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