TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables
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#LINEFIND Built-In Function
Examples
Assume that var is a variable level containing:
ABCDEFG
HIJKLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZ
1. The invocation:
#LINEFIND var 1 IJK
returns 2; the first occurrence of IJK starting in or after line 1 is in line number 2.
2. The invocation:
#LINEFIND var 2 IJK
returns 2; the first occurrence of IJK is in the specified starting line, line 2.
3. The invocation:
#LINEFIND var 3 IJK
returns 0; there are no occurrences of IJK starting in or after line 3.
4. The invocation:
#LINEFIND var 1 FOO
returns 0; there are no occurrences of FOO anywhere in var.