FIND

(Non-SAA Function)

FIND is a non-SAA built-in function provided only by TSO/E and VM.

WORDPOS is the preferred built-in function for this type of word search. See WORDPOS (Word Position) for a complete description.


>>-FIND(string,phrase)-----------------------------------------><

returns the word number of the first word of phrase found in string or returns 0 if phrase is not found or if there are no words in phrase. The phrase is a sequence of blank-delimited words. Multiple blanks between words in phrase or string are treated as a single blank for the comparison.

Here are some examples:

FIND('now is the time','is the time')    ->    2
FIND('now is  the time','is    the')     ->    2
FIND('now is  the time','is  time ')     ->    0