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    TStringList.IndexOf

    Overrides the TStrings.IndexOf property.

    Declaration

    Source position: classesh.inc line 1265

    public 
function IndexOf(const S: string) : Integer;  override;  overload; overload;

function IndexOf(const S: string; aStart: Integer) : Integer;  override
                ;  overload; overload;

    Description

    IndexOf overrides the ancestor method TStrings.indexOf. It tries to optimize the search by executing a binary search if the list is sorted. The function returns the position of S if it is found in the list, or -1 if the string is not found in the list.

    See also

    Name Description
    TStrings.IndexOf Find a string in the list and return its position.
    TStringList.Find Locates the index for a given string in sorted lists.