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How can I find the position of a string starting from a specified index in Postgresql-9.3+

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find('ranranran','an',1) should output 2
find('ranranran','an',3)  => 5 
find('ranranran','an',6)  => 8
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    stackoverflow.com/questions/31059437/… I think this could be usefull for You. Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 19:04
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    Have you read any of the PostgreSQL documentation? Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 19:12
  • @muistooshort yes I have but there is no straight forward function. Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 18:31
  • @Patryk thanks I think that may be helpful Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 18:31

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I had found answer to this, just want to post it.

strpos(substr('withintext',pos),'texttofind') + (pos-1)
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