listIndex
Syntax
float listIndex(stringList, searchString)
Parameters
- stringList (string)
- searchString (string)
Returns
Returns index of first occurrence of searchString.
Description
This function returns the index of the first occurrence of the searchString in the stringList or -1 if it is not found. Optional: leading or trailing * in searchString are used as wildcard.
Note.1: Indices are 0 - based.
Note: String lists are a series of strings stored inside one string. The elements are separated by a semicolon (";"). Each item must be followed by a semicolon, also the last one! The data type is "string", thus it is not an array as used in other scripting languages.
Related
- listAdd function
- listClean function
- listCount function
- listFirst function
- listItem function
- listLast function
- listRandom function
- listRange function
- listRemove function
- listRemoveAll function
- listRetainAll function
- listSize function
- listTerminate function
Examples
listIndex("rule;your;city;","city") # result = 2 listIndex("rule;your;city;","*y") # result = 2 listIndex("rule;your;city;","*y*") # result = 1
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