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Revision as of 18:34, 22 September 2014

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Description

Description:
Searches for an array element within array or a string within a string (since ["Arma 3","Arma3",127,126674,"Development"]). Returns the 0 based index on success or -1 if not found. Test is cASe-seNsItiVE
Groups:
Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:
array find x
Parameters:
array: Array - array to search in
x: Anything - array element to find
Return Value:
Number - 0 based position of the first array element that matches x, -1 if not found

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:
string find x
Parameters:
string: String - string to search in
x: String - string to find
Return Value:
Number 0 based position of the first sequence of characters that matches x, -1 if not found

Examples

Example 1:
["Apples","Oranges","Pears"] find "Oranges"; //result is 1 [1,[2],[[3]]] find [[3]]; //result is 2
Example 2:
if (magazines player find "Strela" >= 0) then {hint "You've got Strela!"};
Example 3:
hint str ("japa is the man!" find "the man!"); //8

Additional Information

See also:
in ArraysetresizereverseselectintoArraytoStringforEachcountpushBackdeleteAtdeleteRange

Notes

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Notes

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