Indexing: oxy_indexof() Function

This function is used to define searches.

The oxy_indexof() function has two signatures:

Syntax 1:

oxy_indexof ( text , toFind )

Returns the index within text string of the first occurrence of the toFind substring.

Syntax 2:

oxy_indexof ( text , toFind , fromOffset )

Returns the index within text string of the first occurrence of the toFind substring. The search starts from fromOffset index.

Example: oxy_indexof Function

oxy_indexof('abcd', 'bc') returns 1.

oxy_indexof('abcdbc', 'bc', 2) returns 4.

If you only want to display part of an attribute value, for instance the part that comes before an Appendix string:

image[longdesc]{
 content: oxy_substring(attr(longdesc), 0, 
          oxy_indexof(attr(longdesc), "Appendix"));
}