int $windowId;

int $controlId;

int $index;

// First create a User Window to place the Control on

$windowId = `createWindow "MyWindow"`;

// Create the User Control on the Window. 

$controlId = `createListBox $windowId`;

// Add some items to the List Box.

addListBoxItem $controlId "This is text";

addListBoxItem $controlId "This";

addListBoxItem $controlId "is text";

// First search for the word "this". It will return

// 0, since "this" is a prefix of the first item. 

$index = `findListBoxItem $controlId "this"`;

print $index;

// Now search for "this" again, this time specifying

// the -exact flag. It will return 1 

$index = `findListBoxItem $controlId "this" -exact`;

print $index;