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Text.PositionOfAny

Returns the first position in the text value of any listed character (-1 if not found).

Syntax​

Text.PositionOfAny(
    text as text,
    characters as list,
    optional occurrence as Occurrence.Type
) as any

Remarks​

Returns the first position of any character in the list characters that is found in text. An optional parameter occurrence may be used to specify which occurrence position to return.

Examples​

Example #1​

Find the first position of "W" or "H" in text "Hello, World!".

Text.PositionOfAny("Hello, World!", {"H", "W"})

Result:

0

Example #2​

Find all the positions of "W" or "H" in text "Hello, World!".

Text.PositionOfAny("Hello, World!", {"H", "W"}, Occurrence.All)

Result:

{0, 7}

Category​

Text.Membership