Same as search(), but returns a List with the line and column position of the match. The first element of the List is the line number and the second element is the byte index of the column position of the match. If no match is found, returns [0, 0]. Example:

:let [lnum, col] = searchpos('mypattern', 'n')

When the 'p' flag is given then there is an extra item with the sub-pattern match number search()-sub-match. Example:

:let [lnum, col, submatch] = searchpos('\(\l\)\|\(\u\)', 'np')

In this example "submatch" is 2 when a lowercase letter is found /\l, 3 when an uppercase letter is found /\u.

Can also be used as a method:

GetPattern()->searchpos()