StringArray.Find(String) Method

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Description

Searches each element of the calling StringArray for an exact match of the stringToFind.

 

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Method Signature

StringArray.Find(

String stringToFind)

 

 

Arguments

stringToFind

Description:

The string or character to find in the calling StringArray.

 

 

 

Return Value

Type:

number

 

 

Returns the number of instances of the specified stringToFind that were found in the calling StringArray. Returns 0 if stringToFind is not found in the calling StringArray.

 

Syntax

myVariable1 = myStringArray1.Find(myString1);

 

 

Example 1

This example demonstrates the use of the StringArray.Find method

 

// Notice that although the third element contains two instances

// of the specified string, it will not return a match since the

// string element must be an exact match.

 

StringArray myStringArray(7);

myStringArray = {"Feb", "04", "2020", "10", "20", "20", "400"};

myVariable = myStringArray.Find("20");

Report myVariable;

 

 

Output:

myVariable = 2.00000000

 

 

See also

StringArray Object

StringArray.Find

Parsing Arbitrary String Data