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strings.indexAny() function	The strings.indexAny() function returns the index of the first instance of specified characters in a string.	/influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/strings/indexany/ /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/strings/indexany/ /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/strings/indexany/	flux_0_x_ref name parent strings.indexAny strings	301	/flux/v0.x/stdlib/strings/index-func/ /flux/v0.x/stdlib/strings/lastindex/ /flux/v0.x/stdlib/strings/lastindexany/	0.18.0

The strings.indexAny() function returns the index of the first instance of specified characters in a string. If none of the specified characters are present, it returns -1.

Output data type: Integer

import "strings"

strings.indexAny(v: "chicken", chars: "aeiouy")

// returns 2

Parameters

v

The string value to search.

chars

Characters to search for.

Examples

Find the first occurrence of characters from a string

import "strings"

data
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with charIndex: strings.indexAny(v: r._field, chars: "_-")}))