charindex function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Returns the position of the first occurrence of substr in str after position pos. This function is a synonym for locate function.

Syntax

charindex(substr, str [, pos])

Arguments

• substr: A STRING expression.
• str: A STRING expression.
• pos: An INTEGER expression.

Returns

An INTEGER.

The specified pos and return value are 1-based. If pos is omitted, substr is searched from the beginning of str. If pos is less than 1, the result is 0.

Examples

> SELECT charindex('bar', 'abcbarbar');
 4
> SELECT charindex('bar', 'abcbarbar', 5);
 7

Related functions

• position function
• instr function
• locate function