Re: Find a char in string

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

Wim Stockman wrote in
 <CAFJJ4FaGZ1mpTaYRVztuDfFik_S_tAPrfUYC8sidOg1AUvfB+Q@mail.gmail.com>:
 |Is there a function in groff to find the position of a char in a string.
 |So I can split a string into more than one.
 |I found the substring function that can cut based on length. If I could my
 |marker in the string I could cut it there.

Loop over the string and use substring to shorten it by one in
each iteration?  Then use normal comparison for the spliced thing.

--steffen
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