Zugg Software :: View topic - retrieving the string number out of the string lst

Beginner Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 29 Location: Estonia

is there possible to find the number of string in the string list?

example string list:

#VAR whatever {A dove rests near one of the flowers|A blue dragonfly is circling around|A nightingale is here, chirping a sweet melody|A finch flies low above the ground}

but
#SHOW %pos('A finch flies low above the ground',@whatever)
gives me 121 instead of 4 I was hoping for... what command or function should I use instead?

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

What you want to use is %ismember.

quote:

#VAR whatever {A dove rests near one of the flowers|A blue dragonfly is circling around|A nightingale is here, chirping a sweet melody|A finch flies low above the ground}
#SHOW %pos('A finch flies low above the ground',@whatever)

Will display "1" because it is the first member of the list. The opposite function is %item(@whatever,1), which will display the first member of the string.

%pos is used to locate a character, or string of characters, within a string, regardless of if it's a list or not.

For more details working with string lists, open the Help docs, go to Contents, expand References, expand Function List, expand Lists.

If you have something in particular you're trying to accomplish, giving the details will help us help you better.

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

ismember

Syntax: %ismember(s,list)

return 0 (false), if s is not a member of the given string list. Otherwise return the item number (position of s in the list)
Examples:

#SHOW %ismember("abc","def|ghi jk|abc")

Displays 3

#VAR friendsList {Zugg|Darker|Penny}
#VAR petitioner zyxcef
#IF (%ismember(@petitioner,@friendsList)) {cast heal @petitioner} {say Nope.}

sends 'say Nope.' to the mud.

#SHOW %ismember("A finch flies low above the ground", @whatever)

Beginner Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 29 Location: Estonia

thanks got my script working...

problem were, that using %ismember function didnt seem logical - always thought it returns 1 or true when it is memeber and 0 or false when not. never really thought it could have some added functionality, so never bothered even reading the help about it [:I]