List Box: _getRow

List Box: _getRow

Returns the row number for the item with a specified text string

Syntax
Example

Syntax

CALL NOTIFY (list-box-name, '_getRow', item-text, row-number<, occurrence>);

Argument Type Description

item-text
C specifies the text of the item for which you want to find the row number; item-text is case sensitive.

row-number
N returns the row number of the specified item, or 0 if the item is not found

occurrence
N returns the number of the occurrence if the item occurs in the list box more than once. The default is 1.

Argument	Type	Description
item-text	C	specifies the text of the item for which you want to find the row number; item-text is case sensitive.
row-number	N	returns the row number of the specified item, or 0 if the item is not found
occurrence	N	returns the number of the occurrence if the item occurs in the list box more than once. The default is 1.

Example

_getRow returns the row number for the second occurrence of Johnson and assigns it to the variable ROW:

call notify('listbox1','_get_row_',
            'Johnson',row,2);
_msg_='Row= ' || row;

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