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locate() function

This is another name forlocate statement→The locate statement searches for the location of a specific string expression and returns the location in position.var.

Example(s)

Find a value in a dynamic array

continents = "africa":@vm:"asia":@vm:"europe"
locate("asia", continents, 1; pos; "al") then
   print "asia is at value " : pos   ;* asia is at value 2
end else
   print "not found"
end

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locate statement