fn:indexOf() Function
The fn:indexOf() function returns the position of a specified substring within a string.
Syntax
The syntax for the fn:indexOf() function is as follows:
${fn:indexOf(<original string>, <substring>)}
Example Demonstration
The following example demonstrates the functionality of this function:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" prefix="fn" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Using JSTL Functions</title>
</head>
<body>
<c:set var="string1" value="This is first String."/>
<c:set var="string2" value="This <abc>is second String.</abc>"/>
<p>Index (1) : ${fn:indexOf(string1, "first")}</p>
<p>Index (2) : ${fn:indexOf(string2, "second")}</p>
</body>
</html>
The output is as follows:
Index (1) : 8
Index (2) : 13