[Gambas-user] String[].Find finds nothing

[Matti]

Jussi, could you please explain?
Yes, I have to match the beginning of the string - but what means a "heuristic guess for the index"?

Am 10.05.2017 um 21:25 schrieb Jussi Lahtinen:
> If you need to match only the beginning of the string, you could sort the
> array and then make heuristic guess for the index.
>
>
> Jussi
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Matti <matti.eber at ...3240...> wrote:
>
>> Yes. But as I don't know [iIndex], I have to iterate through the (huge)
>> array with 'For...Next'.
>> I hoped to make it faster with 'Find'.
>>
>> Am 10.05.2017 um 20:59 schrieb Jussi Lahtinen:
>>> For that use; String.InStr(sYourArray[iIndex], "Chr")
>>>
>>>
>>> Jussi
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Matti <matti.eber at ...3240...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh yes, oh yes!
>>>> Thank you, Jorge.
>>>> I always thought, Value could also be part of a string.
>>>>
>>>> Am 10.05.2017 um 19:08 schrieb Jorge Carrión:
>>>>> Wiki says: "Returns the position of the first occurrence of Value in
>> the
>>>>> array."
>>>>> You must search for a Value of the array.
>>>>>
>>>>> In your array there isn't a Value "Chr", that is what you search, so
>>>> always
>>>>> returns -1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regars
>>>>>
>>>>> 2017-05-10 18:57 GMT+02:00 Matti <matti.eber at ...3240...>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried to search an array with the 'Find' function instead of
>>>>>> 'For...Next' and 'InStr'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The wiki says:
>>>>>> "String[].Find (gb)
>>>>>> Function Find ( Value As String [ , Mode As Integer, Start As Integer
>> ]
>>>> )
>>>>>> As Integer
>>>>>> Returns the position of the first occurrence of Value in the array.
>>>>>> If Value cannot be found, -1 is returned."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I can do what I want, I always get '-1'. No positive result ever.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Attached is a tiny project that should show this behaviour.
>>>>>> Where is my mistake?
>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>> Matti
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gambas 3.9.2
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