SqlCeFunctions.PatIndex Method (String, String)

 

Returns the starting position of the first occurrence of a pattern in a specified expression, or zeros if the pattern is not found, on all valid text and character data types.

Namespace:   System.Data.Entity.SqlServerCompact
Assembly:  EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact (in EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact.dll)

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[DbFunctionAttribute("SqlServerCe", "PATINDEX")]
public static Nullable<int> PatIndex(
	string stringPattern,
	string target
)

Parameters

stringPattern
Type: System.String

A string pattern to search for.

target
Type: System.String

The string to search.

Return Value

Type: System.Nullable<Int32>

The starting character position where the string pattern was found.