search and break a string?

[4eyes]

Hi all, I'm quite new to strings and stuff~ I've checked out the tutorials, but can't help but wonder if there are easier ways to search for certain character through a string of nums and letters?

Can anyone explain this to me? Thank You!

[pellepiano]

You can use ........

myString = "Where is the King";
result = myString.indexOf("King");


.......to find the word King in a string, and variable "result" will show the number 14 ( as King starts at the 14th character ). If the word king is not present you would get -1

[electricbluemonkey]

myString.indexOf(substring, [startIndex]) - returns the index number of the substring (if it exists).

[untitledskate]

yeah, there are a few basic String methods that are always usefull:

myString.indexof(someCharacter/string);

if you search for an index of something that doesn't exist, it will return -1, otherwise it will return the int value of where the character is. ie

temp="Hello World";
trace(temp.indexof('H');

would return 0

myString.substring(index1, index2);

takes 2 params, and will return a new string between those specific indecies.

temp="Hello World";
temp2=temp.indexof('H');
temp2=temp.indexof(' ');
trace(temp.substring(temp2, temp3));

would return "Hello"


Hope that helps, cheers!