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listFind

Determines the index of the first list element in which a specified value occurs. Returns 0 if not found. Case-sensitive

listFind(list, value [, delimiters, includeEmptyValues])

returns numeric

Member Function Syntax

list.listFind(value [, delimiters, includeEmptyValues])

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description	Values
list	string	Yes
value	string	Yes
delimiters	string	No	,
includeEmptyValues	string	No	false		/Users/garethedwards/development/github/cfdocs/docs/functions/listfind.md	false

Basic Example

Find item in a list and return the index.

listFind("apple,orange,banana", "orange")

Expected Result: 2

Different Delimiters

Find item in a pipe delimited list and return the index.

listFind("apple|orange|banana", "orange", "|")

Expected Result: 2

Member Syntax

listFind as a member function

fruits = "apple|orange|banana";
writeOutput(fruits.listFind("orange", "|"));

Expected Result: 2

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