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# Index

This is useful to find the position of an item in a comma separated list (or other separator). The first argument (aka parameter) is the string of text you are looking for. The second argument is the delimiter that separates the list of items.  

Counting starts from 1 and zero is returned if the item is not found in the list. 

{% hint style="warning" %}
Note that an **exact match** is required e.g. text case and spaces
{% endhint %}

<table><thead><tr><th>Expression</th><th>Databox Value</th><th width="90">Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>Index(" line2", ",")</code></td><td>line1, line2, line3</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td><code>Index("red", "/")</code></td><td>Blue, Red, Green</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>

To avoid mistakes with mixed case, this will switch the Databox contents to upper case and then look for "RED"

<table><thead><tr><th width="298">Expression</th><th>Databox Value</th><th width="90">Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>Upper Index("RED", "/")</code></td><td>Blue/Red/Green</td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table>