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Searching Arrays

Calling Sequence:
SearchArray(t, A)
Parameters:
t : { string, real}
A : array

Returns: {0, posint}

Synopsis: The function SearchArray returns the index of an element in an array if it is a member of the array. Otherwise it returns 0.

Examples:

> SearchArray(5, [1, 2, 7, 5, 8]);
> SerachArray('hi', ['hello', 'hallo', 'hey', 'hoi']);




Gaston Gonnet
1998-09-15