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FUNCTIONS / STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

Returns the position within string where the N'th match of the POSIX regular expression pattern occurs, or zero if there is no such match; see Section 9.7.3.

Signatures & examples

regexp_instr ( string text, pattern text [, start integer [, N integer [, endoption integer [, flags text [, subexpr integer ] ] ] ] ] ) → integer
Returns the position within string where the N'th match of the POSIX regular expression pattern occurs, or zero if there is no such match; see Section 9.7.3.
regexp_instr('ABCDEF', 'c(.)(..)', 1, 1, 0, 'i') → 3
regexp_instr('ABCDEF', 'c(.)(..)', 1, 1, 0, 'i', 2) → 5
Version history 2
  1. PG 18 → 19changed
  2. PG 14 → 15added

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source