INDEX (string, substring [,back] [,kind]) Class: Elemental function - Generic Returns the starting position of the substring as an INTEGER*4 or INTEGER*8 value. "string" and "substring" are of type character, "back" is of type logical, and "kind" is a scalar integer initialization expression. The result is of type integer. If "kind" is present, the kind parameter of the result is that specified by "kind"; otherwise, the kind parameter of the result is that of default integer. If the processor cannot represent the result value in the kind of the result, the result is undefined. If "back" is absent or false, the leftmost substring is found. If "back" is true, the rightmost substring is found. Examples: INDEX ('FORTRAN', 'O', BACK = .TRUE.) has the value 2. INDEX ('XXXX', " ", BACK = .TRUE.) has the value 0. INDEX ('XXXX', "", BACK = .TRUE.) has the value 5.