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   ARRAY

Description:
   Searches an array and returns the position of a value.

Parameters:

1. array (Array, required)
          The array to perform the operation on.
   
   
2. value (String, required)
          The value in the array to find.
   
   
3. start (Numeric, Default: 1)
          The start postion of the array to begining peforming the search.
   
   
4. ignorePos (List, Default: )
          A list of postions to ignore when searching the array.
   
   

Returns:
       (Numeric) The last position at which the value is found. Or zero if it is not found.

Requires:
       

Sample Use:
       

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function arrayFind(array,value){
	var loop = 0;
	var len = arrayLen(array);
	var pos = 0;
	var start = 1;
	var ignorePos = "";
	if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 3)start = arguments[3];
	if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 4)ignorePos = arguments[4];
	for (loop = start; loop lte len; loop = incrementValue(loop))if (array[loop] eq value and not listFindNoCase(ignorePos,loop))pos = loop;
	return pos;
}
// http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=82&function=arrayFind

function arrayFind(array,value){ var loop = 0; var len = arrayLen(array); var pos = 0; var start = 1; var ignorePos = ""; if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 3)start = arguments[3]; if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 4)ignorePos = arguments[4]; for (loop = start; loop lte len; loop = incrementValue(loop))if (array[loop] eq value and not listFindNoCase(ignorePos,loop))pos = loop; return pos; } // http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=82&function=arrayFind