How to display field number where string is matched 1

[mrr]

How can I simply use the results of a match or index(substr function to find out the field number where the match is found?
I want to increment by one to this result and then store in a variable the next field values inorder to print later.

Thanks

 

[PHV]

A starting point:

awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;++i)if(match($i,/yourPattern/))print FNR,i,$i,$(i+1)}' /path/to/input

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[mrr]

Thanks PH!