# findPosition

## Description

Searches for the position of a specific element in a string of text.

## Input / Parameter

| Name | Description                            | Input Type | Default | Options | Required |
| ---- | -------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | -------- |
| text | The text to be searched.               | Text       | -       | -       | Yes      |
| find | The element to search for in the text. | Text       | -       | -       | Yes      |

## Output

| Description                                                                                         | Output Type |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| Returns the index/position of the character in the text, or returns -1 if the element is not found. | Number      |

## Example

In this example, we will attempt to find the position of a word within another larger text

### Steps

1. Drag a `button` component into the canvas and open the `Action` tab. Select the `press` event of the button.
2. Add `Log.write` function and add a subflow on its value, then put `Text.findPosition` inside it. Fill up the larger text under `text`, then the word to look to look for under `find`.

   ![](/files/Yg5p6q6J1wWdaN1PRiXr)

### Result

1. The console on preview will print the number `2`, indicating that the occurrence of the word starts from the third (3rd) place of the text.

   * Note that index is zero-based. If the word exists on the very beginning of the text, The result will be `0`. Any other placement will be shifted by one.
   * If no word is found, `-1` will be returned.

   ![](/files/kDgVEw4dzwF10KkH1PCf)

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