TinyMUX

Posn()

Functions

Description

FUNCTION: posn(<string>, <pattern>, <n>)

Returns the position of the Nth occurrence of a pattern within a string. This generalizes pos(), which returns only the position of the first occurrence.

Examples

> say posn(abcabc, a, 1)

You say, “1”

> say posn(abcabc, a, 2)

You say, “4”

pos(), match()