Find the first occurrence of the object passed as an argument, checking the equality of objects
using the method 'equals'.
1 array.indexOf
<array.indexOf name='name'>
<value /> !
</array.indexOf>
| Attributes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description | |
| Aname | string | Name of the variable of the array type. | |||
| Arguments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Required | Unique | Nullable | Description |
| Evalue | object | The object you want to search. | |||
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
| Integer | Returns the index of the first occurrence of the object in the list; returns -1 if the object is not found. |
See also
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html#indexOf(java.lang.Object)
Example
Find the first position where the object is located.
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<xsql-script name='array_indexOf'>
<body>
<array name='cities'>
<string>Barcelona</string>
<string>Paris</string>
<string>Roma</string>
</array>
<!-- indexOf element: 1 -->
<println>indexOf element: <array.indexOf name='cities'><string>Paris</string></array.indexOf></println>
</body>
</xsql-script>
The result is:
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indexOf element: 1