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# FindPart

Search for a substring in a string, using wildcards.

## Declaration

Source position: strutils.pp line 172

`function FindPart(`
`const HelpWilds: string;`
`const InputStr: string`
`):Integer;`

## Arguments

`HelpWilds` |  | Search string, may contain wildcards.
`InputStr` |  | String to search in.

## Function result

String matching the search expression.

## Description

FindPart searches the string InputStr and returns the first string that matches the wildcards specification in HelpWilds . If no match is found, and empty string is returned. Currently, the only valid wildcards is the "?" character.

## Errors

None.

## See also

SearchBuf |  | Search a buffer for a certain string.

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014