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FindInArray( array; value )

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Michael Rhodes, Allied Data Service
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Find a value in an array

Sample Input:
FindInArray ( "a¶b¶c¶d¶e¶" , "d" )
Sample Output:
4


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Description:

Determines the number of the array value that matches the value parameter.

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Quotes around return character are not required. Need a return at the end of the array.

Let (
[ array = ¶ & array & ¶ ]
; valuecount ( Left (
array
; Position ( array; ¶ & value & ¶; 1; 1 )
) )
)

bbb, melbourne australia
March 13, 2009 9:59am

bbb,

Thank you. Did not know quotes were not required around return character, although that does not affect functionality. Custom function works; corrected sample data.

Michael Rhodes, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
March 18, 2009 12:47pm

An array is assumed to be a value list. A return character added to the end is not necessary unless to account for an error if the array is malformed. Passing a value as the second parameter instead of text circumvents this error handling, however.

Michael Rhodes, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
March 18, 2009 12:54pm

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