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'''F$LOCATE()''' is a [[Lexical functions|lexical function]] that locates a specified portion of a character string and returns as an integer the offset of the first character.

=Format=
F$LOCATE(substring,string)

'''Substring''' is the portion of the string that needs to be located.
'''String''' is the string where the substring should be located.

=Examples=
Find out the length of the filename by locating the dot character:
<nowiki>
$ FILE_SPEC = "MYFILE.DAT;1"
$ NAME_LENGTH = F$LOCATE(".",FILE_SPEC)
</nowiki>

Find out if a user is disusered by analyzing the line that contains the user's [[Account flags|account flags]]:
<nowiki>
$ line = "Flags: PwdMix"
$ if f$locate("DisUser",line) .nes. f$length(line) then write sys$output "Disusered"
</nowiki>

=See also=
* [[F$LENGTH()]]
* [[F$EXTRACT()]]
* [[F$ELEMENT()]]
* [[F$EDIT()]]

F$LOCATE() - Revision history

Darya.zelenina at 05:48, 15 January 2019

Darya.zelenina: Created page with "'''F$LOCATE()''' is a lexical function that locates a specified portion of a character string and returns as an integer the offset of the first character..."