Search for a space within a text field

Hi All
I am trying to search for a sapce within a text field but sofar not being very successful. I have used:
FIND search_str
           IN text_str
           MATCH COUNT  lv_mcnt
           MATCH OFFSET lv_moff.
where search_str = TYPE c VALUE ' '.
I am looking a way of searching a character within the string using ABAP (like INSTRING in other languages). If you have similiar codes - Could you please post me a copy - Thanks

HI
Check this..
DATA string7(30) TYPE c VALUE 'This is a little sentence.'.
WRITE: / 'Searched', 'SY-SUBRC', 'SY-FDPOS'.
ULINE /1(26).
SEARCH string7 FOR 'X'.
WRITE: / 'X', sy-subrc UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',
               sy-fdpos UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.
SEARCH string7 FOR 'itt   '.
WRITE: / 'itt   ', sy-subrc UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',
                   sy-fdpos UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.
SEARCH string7 FOR '.e .'.
WRITE: / '.e .', sy-subrc UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',
                  sy-fdpos UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.
SEARCH string7 FOR '*e'.
WRITE: / '*e ', sy-subrc UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',
                sy-fdpos UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.
SEARCH string7 FOR 's*'.
WRITE: / 's* ', sy-subrc UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',
                sy-fdpos UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.
Thanks ,
Praveen

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