FindFirstNotOf Function

Indicates the position where a character not in the search string occurs.

Pascal

function FindFirstNotOf(
    AFind: String; 
    AText: String
): Integer;

Parameters

Parameters	Description
AFind	Values to be compared.
AText	Data to searched.

Returns

Integer - Position in AText where a character not AFind occurs.

Description

FindFirstNotOf is an Integer function that determines the position in AText that contains a character value other than the characters indicated in AFind.

When AFind is an empty string, the return value is set to 1.

When AText is an empty string, the return value is set to 0.

FindFirstNotOf examines the characters at each position in AText, starting at 1, and continues until the length of AText or until the character occurs in AFind.

Example

  // find non-whitespace character
  iPos := FindFirstNotOf(' ' + TAB + CR + LF, sData);
  if iPos > 0 then
    AStrings.Add(Copy(sData, 1, iPos-1))
  else
    AStrings.Add(sData)