# String Pos
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/string-pos/3390
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [August 29, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/string-pos/3390 "2011-08-29T06:14:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@finalbuilder](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/finalbuilder)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/string-pos/3390/1 "2011-08-29T06:14:59Z")
Hello Support Team,
The String Pos action sets the output variable to 0 in any case the input text is empty.
In general an output variable of 0 indicates the input string starting with the search string.
Please refer to the attached project.
Would you mind to set the output variable to -1 to become the output variable meaningful without the vecessarity to also check the input string?
Thanks in advance
Michael
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### Author:  [@stephen.ryan](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stephen.ryan)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/string-pos/3390/2 "2011-08-30T01:13:57Z")
Hi Michael
I have checked in a fix for this, I will post the new build here shortly.
Regards,
Steve
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### Author:  [@stephen.ryan](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stephen.ryan)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/string-pos/3390/3 "2011-08-30T05:41:59Z")
Hi Michael,
This issue is fixed in the following build: [https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/aex6/FB700\_1515.exe](https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/aex6/FB700_1515.exe)
The output variable will now be set to -1 when the start index is greater than the length of the string.
Regards,
Steve