Arguments
substring: An integer or string specifying the substring to be searched for within myString.
startIndex: An integer specifying the starting point in myString to search for substring. This parameter is optional.
Returns
Returns the index of the first occurance of the specified substring.
Description
Method: Searches the string and returns the position of the first occurrence of the specified substring. If the value is not found, the method returns -1.
Sample
onLoad () {
str = "abcdefgbc";
trace (str.indexof("bc")); // returns 1, position of "bc"
trace (str.indexof("bd")); // returns -1, not found
trace (str.indexof("bc",3)); // returns 7, second occurance
trace (str.indexof("cd",4)); // returns -1 as "cd" exists before index 4
trace (str);
}