LOCATE

The first syntax returns the position of the first occurrence of substring substr in string str. The second syntax returns the position of the first occurrence of substring substr in string str, starting at position pos. Returns 0 if substr is not in str. Returns NULL if any argument is NULL.

Syntax

LOCATE(<substr>, <str>)
LOCATE(<substr>, <str>, <pos>)

Arguments

Arguments	Description
<substr>	The substring.
<str>	The string.
<pos>	The position.

Return Type

BIGINT

Examples

SELECT LOCATE('bar', 'foobarbar')
+----------------------------+
| LOCATE('bar', 'foobarbar') |
+----------------------------+
|                          4 |
+----------------------------+

SELECT LOCATE('xbar', 'foobar')
+--------------------------+
| LOCATE('xbar', 'foobar') |
+--------------------------+
|                        0 |
+--------------------------+

SELECT LOCATE('bar', 'foobarbar', 5)
+-------------------------------+
| LOCATE('bar', 'foobarbar', 5) |
+-------------------------------+
|                             7 |
+-------------------------------+