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TStrings.IndexOf

Find a string in the list and return its position.

Declaration

Source position: classesh.inc line 736

public 
  function IndexOf(const S: string) : Integer;  Virtual;
  function IndexOf(const S: string; aStart: Integer) : Integer;  Virtual;

Description

IndexOf searches the list for S. The search is case-insensitive. If a matching entry is found, its position is returned. if no matching string is found, -1 is returned.

Remark

Only the first occurrence of the string is returned. The returned position is zero-based, i.e. 0 indicates the first string in the list. !!!

See also

Name Description
TStrings.IndexOfName Finds the index of a name in the name-value pairs.
TStrings.IndexOfObject Finds an object in the list and returns its index.
TStrings.Strings Indexed access to the strings in the list.