Power Automate Functions - INDEX OF Function

INDEX OF Function

What is INDEX OF function?

INDEX OF FUNCTION return the current index of given letter of string or object of the array.

Description:

In this guide, we will discuss how to use the float function in power automation. Let us create a new flow. To create a new flow follow the following instructions:

Go to power Apps:

Navigate to Flows:

Click on the ‘New Flow’ button:

After clicking new flow, select ‘Instant Cloud flow’ from the dropdown:

Finally set its name and select ‘manually’ as flow trigger point:

In the below screenshot we set the Name of flow and its trigger point which is ‘Manually trigger a flow. Finally, click on the create button to create a new flow. 

First, add INITIALIZE VARIABLE ACTION:

To initialize a variable select initialize variable action from the actions set. Then set its properties the same as mentioned in the screenshot.

1# INITIALIZE VARIABLE ACTION

INITIALIZE VARIABLE:

Initialize a variable having the following attributes. 

Name: set variable name

Type: set the type of variable as ‘STRING’

Value: CARLOS BRATHWITH

1# ADD COMPOSE ACTION TO THE FLOW

In ‘index of’ function, I pass ‘was a parameter to find its current location

 

CODE:

indexOf(variables('NAME'), 'W')

OUTPUT:

12 is the index of the given letter/character ‘w’