idx_in_list()

`idx_in_list()`#

The function idx_in_list() searches for a string in a list of strings and returns its index if found, or -1 if not found.

C

Prototype

int idx_in_list(
    const char **list,
    const char *str,
    BOOL ignore_case
);

Parameters

Key	Type	Description
`list`	`const char **`	A null-terminated array of string pointers to search within.
`str`	`const char *`	The string to search for in the list.
`ignore_case`	`BOOL`	If `TRUE`, the comparison is case-insensitive; otherwise, it is case-sensitive.

Return Value

Returns the index of str in list if found, or -1 if not found.

Notes

The function iterates through the list and compares each element with str using either strcmp() or strcasecmp() based on the ignore_case flag.

JS

Prototype

// Not applicable in JS

Python

Prototype

# Not applicable in Python

idx_in_list()

idx_in_list()#

`idx_in_list()`#