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    TStrings.IndexOfObject

    Finds an object in the list and returns its index.

    Declaration

    Source position: classesh.inc line 1141

    public 
function TStrings.IndexOfObject(AObject: TObject) : Integer;  virtual;

    Description

    IndexOfObject searches through the list of strings till it find a string associated with AObject, and returns the index of this string. If no such string is found, -1 is returned.

    Remark:

    1. Only the first occurrence of a string with associated object AObject is returned; if more strings in the list can be associated with AObject, they will not be found by this routine.
    2. The returned position is zero-based, i.e. 0 indicates the first string in the list.

    See also

    Name Description
    TStrings.LastIndexOf Return the index of the last occurrence of a string.
    TStrings.IndexOf Find a string in the list and return its position.
    TStrings.Objects Indexed access to the objects associated with the strings in the list.