This function returns the zero-based index of the first occurrence of searchString within the inputString.

This function returns -1 if searchString is not found.

Example:

oraext:index-within-string('ABCABC, 'B') returns 1

Signature:

oraext:index-within-string(inputString as string, searchString as string)

Arguments:

• inputString: The string of data to be searched.

• searchString: The string for which the function searches in inputString.

Property IDs:

• namespace-uri: http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.pc.services.functions.ExtFunc

• namespace-prefix: oraext