find_any
| Definition: | integer res = find_any(object needles, sequence haystack, integer start=1) |
| Description: |
Find any element from a list inside a sequence. Returns the location of the first hit.
needles: the list of items to look for haystack: a sequence in which "needles" are looked for start: the starting point of the search. Defaults to 1. Returns the smallest index in haystack of an element of needles, or 0 if no needle is found. |
| pwa/p2js: | Supported. |
| Example: |
location = find_any("aeiou", "John Smith", 3) -- location is 8
location = find_any("aeiou", "John Doe") -- location is 2
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| Implementation: | See builtins\pfindany.e (an autoinclude) for details of the actual implementation. |
| See Also: | find |