.\"returns the index of an occurence of a given item in an array or string
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member_array
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member_array
.SH Name
.SI 5
member_array() - returns index of an occurence of a given item in an
array or string
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.SH Synopsis
.SI 5
int member_array( mixed item, mixed arr );
int member_array( mixed item, mixed arr, int start );
int member_array( mixed item, mixed arr, int start, int flag );
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.SH Description
.SP 5 5
Returns the index of the first occurence of `item' in array or string `arr',
or the first occurence at or after optional `start'.
If the item is not found, then -1 is returned.
If the optional `flag' is given, and `item' is a string, and `arr' is an
array of strings, only strlen(`item') chars are matched.
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.SH Examples
.SI 5
member_array( "frog", ({ "wombles", "frogbane", "frog" }) );
returns 2
member_array( "frog", ({ "wombles", "frogbane", "frog" }), 0, 1 );
returns 1
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.SH Notes
.SP 5 5
For the purpose of this efun, strings are considered to be arrays of ints.
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