Returns the position of the byte beginning the first occurrence of one string within another string.

Syntax

InStrB ( [ begin , ] string1 , string2 )

Elements

begin

Optional. A numeric expression with a positive integer value, begin specifies the character position in string1 where InstrB should begin searching for string2. If you omit begin, it defaults to 1.

The string to be searched.

The string for which InStrB searches.

InStrB returns the byte position of the first occurrence of string2 in string1. The following table shows how the function responds to various conditions.

If you want to work with characters, use the InStr function.

Note The byte position returned by InStrB is independent of the platform-specific byte order.

Example
See Also

LotusScript Language Reference: I through L
InStr function
InStrBP function
InStrC function
Option Compare statement
StrCompare function

Glossary