ListIndexFromName

Returns the index of a variable in a list given its name.

Available in version 6.3.0 and later.

Prototype

	function ListIndexFromName (
		f  [1] : list,    
		vn [1] : string   
	)

	return_val [1] :  integer

Arguments

Variable of type list.

The name of the variable that's an element in the list.

Description

This function returns the index into a list variable of the given variable.

If the variable is not in the list, then -1 is returned.

See Also

ListAppend, ListCount, ListGetType, ListIndex, ListIndexFromName, ListPop, ListPush, ListSetType, NewList

Examples

Example 1

undef("list_test") 
function list_test(a:logical) 
local k, x, y, x, retlist 
begin 
   if(a) 
      x = fspan(0,10, 11) 
      y = fspan(100,120,11)     ; an array of random numbers
      z = ispan(0,100,1) 
      retlist = [/ x, y, z /] 
   else 
      k = ispan(10,15, 1) 
      x = fspan(10,20, 11) 
      y = fspan(200,220,11) 
      retlist = [/ k, x, y /] 
   end if 

   return(retlist) 
end 

 firstlist = list_test(True) 
;print(firstlist) 

 xind = ListIndexFromName(firstlist, "x")
 print("firstlist x idx = " + xind)

 secondlist = list_test(False) 
;print(secondlist) 

 xind := ListIndexFromName(secondlist, "x")
 print("secondlist x idx = " + xind)

 a = "a"
 b = 2.0
 c = False

 thirdlist = [/a, b, c/]
 xind := ListIndexFromName(thirdlist, "x")
 print("thirdlist x idx = " + xind)

	(0)     firstlist x idx = 0
	(0)     secondlist x idx = 1
	(0)     thirdlist x idx = -1