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Find location of item in a list that partially matched to a string (search list by partial match)

miguello — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:56:24 GMT

Can't find a good way of doing this task.

Let's say I have this:

list = {"big apple", "big orange", "big pear"};
string = "orange";

How do I find a location of an item in the list that partially matches to the string?

Re: Find location of item in a list that partially matched to a string (search list by partial match)

txnelson — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 23:37:37 GMT

Here is one way

Names Default To Here( 1 );
thelist = {"big apple", "big orange", "big pear"};
string = "orange";

found = 0;
For( i = 1, i <= N Items( thelist ), i++,
	If( Contains( thelist[i], string ),
		found = i;
		Break();
	)
);

Re: Find location of item in a list that partially matched to a string (search list by partial match)

miguello — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:01:01 GMT

Ok, I was hoping that there would be a solution without iteration.

Something in one line that would either give me the location mask (like {0, 1, 0} for the case above) or the list of locations (like {2} for the case above)