newb string search question

i am confused about instr function. i understand it searches string2 and finds if string1 is present in it. the function is

instr(string1,string2)

it returns a true only if string1 = string2 . i.e. it does not return true if string1 is part of string2. is there any other function that does this job ? what am i missing

Here you go, here is how to use the Instr function. It returns a number indicating where it found the substring you were searching for. The first string in the arguement list is the string you want searched, the second is the string you want to find in the first string. The CompareMethod can be Text or Binary.

Code:

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Dim x As Integer
x = InStr("This is the string you want searched", "searched", CompareMethod.Text)
If x > 0 Then
  MessageBox.Show("Found substring 'searched' at position " & x)
End If

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how about if i want to count the number of times the string appears in the second string . i tried doing it like this but no use -

If InStr(lookupStr, str, CompareMethod.Text) = True Then

strCounter = strCounter + 1

End If


the if is in a loop reading streamreader. right now it is satisfied if lookupStr = str but that is not what i want. i want it true if lookupStr is in the str. any other way i can do this ?

Code:

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        Dim x As Integer
        Dim iCount As Integer
        Dim sStringToSearch As String
        Dim sStringToSearchFor As String

        sStringToSearch = "Hello, I am the string to search.  I am making this long so I can get some words in it"
        sStringToSearchFor = "I"
        iCount = 0

        'Set x to 1 so you can get in the loop.  x will be the place to start
        'the search inside the string.
        x = 1

        'Loop starting at the last position that the string was found,
        'increasing the count by one each time one is found.
        Do While x > 0
            'Changing the CompareMethod to .Binary will yeld different results,
            'it won't let i and I match like .Text will.
            x = InStr(x, sStringToSearch, sStringToSearchFor, CompareMethod.Text)
            If x > 0 Then
                'Increase the start position by one
                x += 1
                'Increase the count by one.
                iCount += 1
            End If
        Loop

        MessageBox.Show("Found " & iCount.ToString() & " matches")

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