Description

Searches for a string in the drop list user control that is specified by userControlID.

The search is case-insensitive. By default, the search begins at the beginning of the list, searching for itemString as an exact match or prefix of any of the drop list items.

If the -start flag is specified, the search will begin after the index provided, wrapping back to the top of the list, up until the provided index if a match isn't made.

If the -exact flag is specified, the search will only be satisfied if a full string match is made. If itemString isn't found, then a value of -1 is returned.

Functional area

User Window

Command syntax

Syntax

findDropListItem userControlID "itemString"[-start integer] [-exact]

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`itemString`	string	yes	String to find in the drop list.
`userControlId`	int	yes	ID of user control to operate on.

Flags

Name	Flag arguments	Argument type	Exclusive to	Comments
`start`	1	integer	—	Index of the item to start searching after. By default, the search will begin at the beginning of the list of items.
`exact`	0	—	—	Performs the search using an exact, case insensitive, string comparison. By default, the search will be satisfied if the search string is a prefix of an item string.

Return value

integer

Examples

// Search for a string in a Drop List User Control.
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 = `createDropList $windowId`;
 
// Add some items to the Drop List.
addDropListItem $controlId "This is text";
addDropListItem $controlId "This";
addDropListItem $controlId "is text";
 
// First search for the word "this". It will return
// 0, since "this" is a prefix of the first item. 
$index = `findDropListItem $controlId "this"`;
print $index;
 
// Now search for "this" again, this time specifying
// the -exact flag. It will return 1 
$index = `findDropListItem $controlId "this" -exact`;
print $index;