charindex
function
Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime
Returns the position of the first occurrence of substr
in str
after position pos
. This function is a synonym for locate function.
Syntax
charindex(substr, str [, pos])
Arguments
substr
: A STRING expression.str
: A STRING expression.pos
: An INTEGER expression.
Returns
An INTEGER.
The specified pos
and return value are 1-based.
If pos
is omitted, substr
is searched from the beginning of str
.
If pos
is less than 1, the result is 0.
Examples
> SELECT charindex('bar', 'abcbarbar');
4
> SELECT charindex('bar', 'abcbarbar', 5);
7