RosettaCodeData/Task/Search-a-list/FreeBASIC/search-a-list.basic

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' FB 1.05.0 Win64
' Works FB 1.05.0 Linux Mint 64
Function tryFindString(s() As String, search As String, ByRef index As Integer) As Boolean
Dim length As Integer = UBound(s) - LBound(s) + 1
If length = 0 Then
index = LBound(s) - 1 '' outside array
Return False
End If
For i As Integer = LBound(s) To UBound(s)
If s(i) = search Then
index = i '' first occurrence
Return True
End If
Next
index = LBound(s) - 1 '' outside array
Return False
End Function
Function tryFindLastString(s() As String, search As String, ByRef index As Integer) As Boolean
Dim length As Integer = UBound(s) - LBound(s) + 1
If length = 0 Then
index = LBound(s) - 1 '' outside array
Return False
End If
Dim maxIndex As Integer = LBound(s) - 1 '' outside array
For i As Integer = LBound(s) To UBound(s)
If s(i) = search Then
maxIndex = i
End If
Next
If maxIndex > LBound(s) - 1 Then
index = maxIndex '' last occurrence
Return True
Else
Return False
End If
End Function
Dim haystack(1 To 9) As String = {"Zig", "Zag", "Wally", "Ronald", "Bush", "Krusty", "Charlie", "Bush", "Bozo"}
Dim needle(1 To 4) As String = {"Zag", "Krusty", "Washington", "Bush"}
Dim As Integer index
Dim As Boolean found
For i As Integer = 1 To 4
found = tryFindString(haystack(), needle(i), index)
If found Then
Print needle(i); " found first at index"; index
Else
Print needle(i); " is not present"
End If
Next
found = tryFindLastString(haystack(), needle(4), index)
If found Then
Print needle(4); " found last at index"; index
Else
Print needle(4); " is not present"
End If
Print
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