Flash / Flex / ActionScript/String/search

Searching

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var reCase:RegExp = new RegExp("\\s(\\w)+\\s", "g");
       var sValue:String = new String("abc def ghi");
       trace(sValue.search(reCase));                // 3
   }
 }

}

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String.search(pattern:*):int

   <source lang="java">

Call search() on a String to find the first occurrence of the pattern you pass it. package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var themTharHills:String = "hillshillshillsGOLDhills";
       trace(themTharHills.search("/gold/i")); //15
   }
 }

}

       </source>