VBS Tutorial: VBscript Attribute-FirstIndex attribute

FirstIndex attributes

Returns the matched position in the search string.

object.FirstIndex

ObjectThe parameter is alwaysMatchObject.

Description

FirstIndexThis attribute uses the offset calculated from zero. This offset is relative to the start position of the search string. In other words, the first character in the string is identified as 0. The example below illustratesFirstIndexAttribute usage:

~Function RegExpTest(patrn, strng)  Dim regEx, Match, Matches         ' Create a variable.  Set regEx = New RegExp         ' Create a regular expression.  regEx.Pattern = patrn         ' Set the mode.  regEx.IgnoreCase = True         ' Set whether to be case sensitive.  regEx.Global = True            ' Set global availability.  Set Matches = regEx.Execute(strng)      ' Execute the search.  For Each Match in Matches         ' Traversal Matches Set.    RetStr = RetStr & "Match " & I & " Located in "    RetStr = RetStr & Match.FirstIndex & ". Match Value is "'    RetStr = RetStr & Match.Value & "'." & vbCRLF  Next  RegExpTest = RetStrEnd FunctionMsgBox(RegExpTest("is.", "IS1 is2 IS3 is4"))