Description
Lookup allows you to find an element which matches (or is close) an argument you pass to the lookup function.The lookup API has three parameters: This API will return the index of the value if it has found a match, otherwise it will return 0.
Parameters
- the array object to search in
- index to start the search from (can pass null, which defaults to 1)
- value to search for
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Example
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pjs.define("i", { type: 'integer', length: 3, decimals: 0 });
pjs.define("SRCHWD", { type: 'char', length: 15 });
pjs.define("arr", { type: 'char', length: 15, dim: 10 });
arr[1] = 'Cornwall';
arr[2] = 'kingston';
arr[3] = 'London';
arr[4] = 'Paris';
arr[5] = 'Scarborough';
arr[6] = 'York';
arr[7] = 'Columbus';
arr[8] = 'Dayton';
arr[9] = 'centerville';
arr[10] = 'vasad';
SRCHWD = 'York';
i = pjs.lookup(arr, null, SRCHWD);
//i = 6 |