ATC( ) Function
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])
Return Value
Numeric
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.
Remarks
ATC( ) searches the second character expression for the occurrence of the first character expression, without concern for the case (upper or lower) of the characters in either expression. Use AT( ) to perform a case-sensitive search.
ATC( ) returns an integer corresponding to the position where the first character of the character expression is found. If the character expression isn't found, ATC( ) returns 0.
Example
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