1. | Open the \My Documents\Microsoft Press\VBScriptSBS\Templates\blankTemplate.vbs template in Notepad or your favorite script editor and save the file as YourNameInstr1.vbs.
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2. | Create a variable called searchString and set it equal to 5. Your line will look like the following:
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3. | Create another variable called textSearched and set it equal to 123456789. Your second line will look like this:
textSearched = "123456789"
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4. | Create a third variable called InStrReturn and set it equal to the following InStr command: InStr (textSearched, searchString). This line will look like the following:
InStrReturn = InStr (textSearched, searchString)
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5. | Use the WScript.Echo command to print out the results of the InStr command. This line will look like the following:
WScript.Echo (InStrReturn)
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6. | Save the file.
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7. | Run the YourNameInstr1.vbs file by double-clicking it. You should see a dialog box with the number 5 printed in it. This indicates that search string 5 was found in the fifth position of the script.
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8. | Open the \My Documents\Microsoft Press\VBScriptSBS\Templates\BlankTemplate.vbs template in a script editor save it as YourNameInstr2.vbs.
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9. | Create a variable called searchString and set it equal to 5. Your line will look like the following:
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10. | Create another variable called textSearched and set it equal to 123456789. Your second line will look like this:
textSearched = "123456789"
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11. | Create a third variable called InStrReturn and set it equal to the following InStr command: InStr (1, textSearched, searchString, 0). This line will look like the following:
InStrReturn = InStr (1, textSearched, searchString, 0)
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12. | Use the WScript.Echo command to print out the results of the InStr command. This line will look like the following:
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13. | Run YourNameInstr2.vbs by double-clicking it. You should see a dialog box with the number 5 printed in it. This indicates that the search string 5 was found in the fifth position of the script when you started looking from the first position of the search string.
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14. | Change the 1 to a 5 in your InStrReturn line. It will look like the following:
InStrReturn = InStr(5, textSearched, searchString, 0)
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15. | Save your work.
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16. | Run YourNameInstr2.vbs by double-clicking it. You should see a dialog box with the number 5 printed in it. This indicates that the search string 5 was found in the fifth position of the script when you started looking from the fifth position of the search string.
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17. | Change the 5 to a 6 in your InStrReturn line. It will look like the following:
InStrReturn = InStr(6, textSearched, searchString, 0)
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18. | Save your work.
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19. | Run YourNameInstr2.vbs by double-clicking it. You should see a dialog box with the number 0 printed in it. This indicates that the search string 5 was not found in the search string when you started looking from the sixth position of the search string.
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