Is it possible to check position in a list?

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Jul 28 2005, 1:47 pm
Is it possible to check for a position in a list?

Like a list of people Jim, Joe, Jake.
Is there a way to find that Joe is in position 2?
Jul 28 2005, 1:50 pm
list.Find(item) will return the position of item in the list or 0 if it's not in there.
Jul 28 2005, 1:50 pm
In response to tenkuu
_> Actually, if I use list.Find(Joe) it will just do that, I am looking for it to output like "2", etc.
Jul 28 2005, 1:54 pm
 
if(list[2]=="Joe")return 1
if(list.Find("Joe")==2)return 1

Something like that should work. =p
Jul 28 2005, 1:54 pm
I dunno if this is the most efficient way, but it should work(untested):
mob/verb/locatepos()
   var/list/People=list("Jim","Joe","Jake")
   var/Count
   for(var/X in People)
      Count++
      usr<<"[X] is position [Count]"


EDIT
Bah, their ways look better. But I tried. =P
Jul 28 2005, 1:55 pm
In response to Sniper Joe
Sniper Joe wrote:
_> Actually, if I use list.Find(Joe) it will just do that, I am looking for it to output like "2", etc.

var/position = my_list.Find(Joe)
world << "Joe is in position #[position]!"