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instr

instr

Description

Syntax:

INSTR (VARCHAR STR, VARCHAR substrate)

This function returns the location where substr first appears in str (counting from 1). If substr cannot be found in str, it will return 0.

Example

mysql> select instr("abc", "b");
+-------------------+
| instr('abc', 'b') |
+-------------------+
|                 2 |
+-------------------+

mysql> select instr("abc", "d");
+-------------------+
| instr('abc', 'd') |
+-------------------+
|                 0 |
+-------------------+

Keywords

INSTR