index-of works on array but not string

[samer1977]

We developers always think of string as an array of chars and function that applies to arrays should apply to strings including index-of, size...etc.

[larsga]

Slicing works for both arrays and strings. Size likewise. contains() searches for something in strings and arrays. It sounds like what you're asking for?

[samer1977]

what Im looking for is similar to charindex function in sql, you pass string input and search char\chars and it will give the index of the first occurance

[larsga]

Hmmm. Looks like you're right that that's missing. If so, it's pretty incredible that we didn't add that before. Yeah, we may have to add that, perhaps by extending index-of() to work on strings.