strings.indexAny() function

The strings.indexAny() function returns the index of the first instance of specified characters in a string. If none of the specified characters are present, it returns -1.

*Output data type: Integer*

import "strings"
strings.indexAny(v: "chicken", chars: "aeiouy")
// returns 2

Parameters

v

The string value to search.

*Data type: String*

chars

Characters to search for.

*Data type: String*

Examples

Find the first occurrence of characters from a string

import "strings"
data
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({
      r with
      charIndex: strings.indexAny(v: r._field, chars: "_-")
    })
  )

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