Find string

[boxleitnerb]

Hello!

It seems like a simple problem, but I am stuck:

I have a string array and I want to search each cell for a certain substring:

house

bed

Profile "something"

car

whatever

EndProfile

GlobalProfile

I want to find out in which row the substring "Profile" appears (at the beginning). As the string that comes after "Profile" always changes, I cannot compare the whole string. If I find a row with the word "Profile" then I want to have the index of that row. I don't want to divide any strings, I just need said index.

Can someone please help me?

Edit:

I have tried to compare strings using an asterisk, but if I search for "Profile*" then it doesn't find anything.

[jcarmody]

Use a For Loop to index each element individually and use Match Pattern inside to find the string with "Profile".  The loop count when you find it is your index.

[danny_t]

Hi

You need to look at the match pattern VI or regular expression VI and learn about pattern matches simple example

[danny_t]

you beat me to it Jim 🙂