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ListSearcher

Searches a list to find a value and returns the index of the value in the list.

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Parameters

Example

For example, if this feature enters the transformer:

somelist{0}.length             = 7.3

somelist{0}.kind             = ’paved’

somelist{1}.length             = 8.4

somelist{1}.kind             = ’smooth’

somelist{1}.lanes             = 2

somelist{2}.length             = 1.1

somelist{2}.kind             = ’rough’

and the somelist{}.kind list attribute is searched for the value smooth, then the index attribute would be set to 1.

Additional Resources

More Information on Lists

Test regular expressions with Rubular, a Ruby-based regular expression editor.

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