Finding element in list and getting offset

[trevordevore]

I'm searching a list for a matching element. I see that there is syntax for determining if an element is found in a list, but no syntax that returns the element number of the element in the list. Does the syntax exist and I just don't see it documented? Or is this an oversight? Or is it not really needed?

Here is my workaround:

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variable tElement as string
  repeat with tElement from 1 up to the number of elements in mTags
		if pTag is element tElement of mTags then
			put tElement into mSelected
			exit repeat
		end if
	end repeat

[livecodeali]

Hi Trevor,

Yes you are correct that it doesn't currently exist - we probably should add it for consistency with the other chunk offset functions. Your workaround is probably only marginally less efficient than using such a function though.

Ali

[trevordevore]

I agree that it should be added for consistency. I don't know about others, but this is a common operation for me when using lists.

[livecodeali]

Ok, I've filed a bug report.

http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14630