Returns the beginning numeric position of the first occurrence of a character expression or memo field within another character expression or memo field, without regard for the case of these two expressions.

ATC(cSearchExpression, cExpressionSearched [, nOccurrence])

Parameters

cSearchExpression

Specifies the character expression that ATC( ) searches for in cExpressionSearched.

cExpressionSearched

Specifies the character expression cSearchExpression searches for.

Both cSearchExpression and cExpressionSearched can be memo fields of any size.

nOccurrence

Specifies which occurrence (first, second, third, and so on) of cSearchExpression is searched for in cExpressionSearched. By default, ATC( ) searches for the first occurrence of cSearchExpression (nOccurrence = 1). Including nOccurrence lets you search for additional occurrences of cSearchExpression in cExpressionSearched.

Return Value

Remarks

Example

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STORE 'Now is the time for all good men ... ' TO gcString STORE 'IS THE' TO gcFindString CLEAR ? ATC(gcFindString, gcString) && Displays 5 STORE 'is' TO gcFindString ? ATC(gcFindString, gcString) && Displays 5 ? ATC('now',gcString) && Displays 1

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