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[h: ind = listIndex(list, value)]
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Revision as of 02:14, 29 January 2009

Function listFind

Returns the index of the first occurrence of a value in a string list. If the value is not found then -1 is returned.

Usage

[h: ind = listFind(list, value)]
[h: ind = listFind(list, value, delim)]

If delim is not specified then the default value of ',' is used as the value separator in the string list

Example

[r: listFind("This, is, a, test", "is")]

Returns 1

[r: listFind("This: is: a: test", "a", ":")]

Returns 2

[r: listFind("This, is, a, test", "not")]

Returns -1