NOTE:

These are a little sketchy...I'll fill in details 'soon'.

Find Anywhere

• find a character:

      long String::operator^(const char find_me) const
      {
          return (string == nullptr) ? ((find_me == EOS) ? 0 : -1)
                                  : ::find(string,find_me);   // call strextra
                                                              // function
      }
  

• find a Cstring:

      long String::operator^(const char find_me[]) const
      {
          return (string == nullptr)
                    ? ((find_me == nullptr || find_me[0] == EOS) ? 0 : -1)
                    : ((find_me == nullptr) ? 0
                                         : ::find(string,find_me));
      }
  

• find a String:

      long String::operator^(const String & find_me) const
      {
          return (string == nullptr)
                    ? ((find_me.string == nullptr) ? 0 : -1)
                    : ((find_me.string == nullptr) ? 0
                                                : ::find(string,find_me.string));
      }
  

Find from a Specified Position

• find a String:

      long String::find(const String & find_me, long start_looking) const
      {
          return (string == nullptr)
                    ? ((find_me.string == nullptr) ? 0 : -1)
                    : ((find_me.string == nullptr) ? 0
                                                : ::find(string,
                                                         find_me.string,
                                                         start_looking));
      }
  

• find a Cstring:

      long String::find(const char find_me[], long start_looking) const
      {
          return (string == nullptr)
                    ? ((find_me == nullptr || find_me[0] == EOS) ? 0 : -1)
                    : ((find_me == nullptr) ? 0
                                         : ::find(string, find_me,
                                                  start_looking));
      }
  

• find a char:

      long String::find(const char find_me, long start_looking) const
      {
          return (string == nullptr)
                    ? ((find_me == EOS) ? 0 : -1)
                    : ::find(string, find_me, start_looking);
      }