search()

Searches for the sought value ??needle?? in the given ??array??, if such a value is found, then this function returns the first index of the value being found. Otherwise if the array does not have such a value, it returns -1 instead.

Function Prototype

search(??array??, ??needle??)

Arguments

Argument Name Data Type Description
??array?? Integer Array Variable or
Real Array Variable
The array variable to be scanned.
[required]
??needle?? Integer Number or
Real Number
The value to be searched for.
[required]

Return Value

Data Type Description
Integer Number Index of the first element found with that value, otherwise -1 if nothing found.

Remarks

If ??array?? is an Integer Array Variable then ??needle?? must be an Integer Number, or if ??array?? is a Real Array Variable then ??needle?? must be a Real Number instead.

Examples

None yet.

See also

sort(), array_equal()

Availability

Since LinuxSampler 2.0.0.svn52.