The MySQL Position function is a synonym of Locate method. This String Function is useful for finding the index position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string expression.
Let me show you how to write String Position to find the substring index position with an example. The basic syntax of string Position is as shown below:
POSITION(Substring IN String)
MySQL Position Function Example
The String Function finds the index position of a substring. The following query shows multiple ways to use this one.
SELECT POSITION('a' IN 'tutorialgateway');
SELECT POSITION('g' IN 'tutorialgateway');
SELECT POSITION('o' IN 'Hello World');

It is another example of this.
SELECT POSITION('abc' IN 'This is abc working in abc Company');
SELECT POSITION('in' IN 'This is abc working in abc Company');
SELECT POSITION('is' IN 'This is abc working in abc Company');

Example 2
In this example method, we implement this string Position on different columns present in the employe table. The following MySQL statement finds the first occurrence of @, com, and mail words from the Email column. Next, it returns the position. Please refer to the Locate Function article.
SELECT FirstName, LastName, DepartmentName, Email, POSITION('@' IN Email), POSITION('com' IN Email), POSITION('mail' IN Email) AS Mail FROM employe;
