Jussi, could you please explain? Yes, I have to match the beginning of the string - but what means a "heuristic guess for the index"?
Am 10.05.2017 um 21:25 schrieb Jussi Lahtinen: > If you need to match only the beginning of the string, you could sort the > array and then make heuristic guess for the index. > > > Jussi > > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Matti <matti.e...@vodafone.de> wrote: > >> Yes. But as I don't know [iIndex], I have to iterate through the (huge) >> array with 'For...Next'. >> I hoped to make it faster with 'Find'. >> >> Am 10.05.2017 um 20:59 schrieb Jussi Lahtinen: >>> For that use; String.InStr(sYourArray[iIndex], "Chr") >>> >>> >>> Jussi >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Matti <matti.e...@vodafone.de> wrote: >>> >>>> Oh yes, oh yes! >>>> Thank you, Jorge. >>>> I always thought, Value could also be part of a string. >>>> >>>> Am 10.05.2017 um 19:08 schrieb Jorge Carrión: >>>>> Wiki says: "Returns the position of the first occurrence of Value in >> the >>>>> array." >>>>> You must search for a Value of the array. >>>>> >>>>> In your array there isn't a Value "Chr", that is what you search, so >>>> always >>>>> returns -1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best Regars >>>>> >>>>> 2017-05-10 18:57 GMT+02:00 Matti <matti.e...@vodafone.de>: >>>>> >>>>>> I tried to search an array with the 'Find' function instead of >>>>>> 'For...Next' and 'InStr'. >>>>>> >>>>>> The wiki says: >>>>>> "String[].Find (gb) >>>>>> Function Find ( Value As String [ , Mode As Integer, Start As Integer >> ] >>>> ) >>>>>> As Integer >>>>>> Returns the position of the first occurrence of Value in the array. >>>>>> If Value cannot be found, -1 is returned." >>>>>> >>>>>> But I can do what I want, I always get '-1'. No positive result ever. >>>>>> >>>>>> Attached is a tiny project that should show this behaviour. >>>>>> Where is my mistake? >>>>>> Thanks in advance >>>>>> Matti >>>>>> >>>>>> Gambas 3.9.2 >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> ------------------ >>>>>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>>>>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Gambas-user mailing list >>>>>> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> ------------------ >>>>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>>>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Gambas-user mailing list >>>>> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >>>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> ------------------ >>>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Gambas-user mailing list >>>> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------ >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gambas-user mailing list >>> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Gambas-user mailing list >> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
