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    TStrings.IndexOf

    Find a string in the list and return its position.

    Declaration

    Source position: classesh.inc line 1137

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

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

    Description

    IndexOf searches the list for S starting from index aStart. The start position aStart is 0 if not specified. If it is negative, it is considered an offset from TStrings.Count. The search is case-insensitive or case sensitive depending on the value of the CaseSensitive . If a matching entry is found, its position is returned. if no matching string is found, -1 is returned.

    Remark:

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

    See also

    Name Description
    TStrings.IndexOfObject Finds an object in the list and returns its index.
    TStrings.IndexOfName Finds the index of a name in the name-value pairs.
    TStrings.Strings Indexed access to the strings in the list.
    TStrings.LastIndexOf Return the index of the last occurrence of a string.
    TStrings.Count Number of strings in the list.