apoc.text.indexOf
FunctionDeprecated in Cypher 25

This function is deprecated. Use Cypher’s string.indexOf() function instead.

Details
Syntax	`apoc.text.indexOf(text, lookup [, from, to ])`
Description	Returns the first occurrence of the lookup `STRING` in the given `STRING`, or -1 if not found.
Arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`text`	`STRING`	The string to search for the lookup string in.
	`lookup`	`STRING`	The lookup string to search for in the given string.
	`from`	`INTEGER`	The index at which to start the search. The default is: `0`.
	`to`	`INTEGER`	The index at which to stop the search. The default is: `-1`.
Returns	`INTEGER`

Usage Examples

The following returns the first occurrence of the lookup string in the given string using both APOC and Cypher:

apoc.text.indexOf

RETURN apoc.text.indexOf("Hello World", 'Hello') AS output;

Using Cypher’s string.indexOf

RETURN string.indexOf("Hello World", 'Hello') AS output;

Results
output
0

The following returns the first occurrence of 'Hello' starting from index 3 using both APOC and Cypher:

apoc.text.indexOf

RETURN apoc.text.indexOf("Hello World, Hello", 'Hello', 3) AS output;

Using Cypher’s string.indexOf

WITH 3 AS start
RETURN string.indexOf(substring("Hello World, Hello", start), 'Hello') + start AS output;

Results
output
13