• ← StringLength
• → StringReplace

StringPosition

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StringPosition["string", patt]

gives a list of starting and ending positions where patt matches "string".

StringPosition["string", patt, n]

returns the first n matches only.

StringPosition["string", {$patt_1$, $patt_2$, ...}, n]

matches multiple patterns.

StringPosition[{$s_1$, $s_2$, ...}, patt]

returns a list of matches for multiple strings.

• • StringPosition["123ABCxyABCzzzABCABC", "ABC"]

• • StringPosition["123ABCxyABCzzzABCABC", "ABC", 2]

StringPosition can be useful for searching through text.

• • data = Import["ExampleData/EinsteinSzilLetter.txt", CharacterEncoding->"UTF8"];

• • StringPosition[data, "uranium"]