Mirror of <https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/dc-sql-reference/regexp-instr.html> (Salesforce, Data 360 Query Guide), read 2026-10-23. Salesforce's own page is the authority; this copy exists because that site refuses non-browser readers.

REGEXP_INSTR

Applies to: ✅ Data 360 SQL ✅ Tableau Hyper API

Returns the position of the first substring matching a regular expression pattern.

• <string>: The string to search within.
• <pattern>: The regular expression pattern to find.

Returns an integer representing the one-based position of the match, or 0 if no match is found.

Find the position of digits in a string.

Returns 4, the position where digits begin.

Returns 0 when pattern is not found.

Returns 0.

Find the position of a word pattern.

Returns 11.

Filter rows based on pattern position.

Returns products where code starts with two uppercase letters.

• POSITION
• STRPOS
• REGEXP_SUBSTR
• Regular Expression Syntax

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