Loading

ES|QL LOCATE function

Embedded
string
An input string
substring
A substring to locate in the input string
start

The start index

Returns an integer that indicates the position of a keyword substring within another string. Returns 0 if the substring cannot be found. Note that string positions start from 1.

string substring start result
keyword keyword integer integer
keyword keyword integer
keyword text integer integer
keyword text integer
text keyword integer integer
text keyword integer
text text integer integer
text text integer
ROW a = "hello"
| EVAL a_ll = LOCATE(a, "ll")
		
a:keyword a_ll:integer
hello 3