findfirst

Purpose

Find the first occurrence of an element in a list.

Synopsis

function findfirst(l:list, e:type_of_l):integer

Arguments

l	A list
e	The element to look for (it must be of the type of l)

Return value

The position of the element or 0 if the element is not included in the list.

Example

L:=['a','b','c','d','b']
i:=findfirst(L,'b')    ! => i=2
i:=findlast(L,'f')     ! => i=0