From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-05-16T19:45:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Linux utility with reverse index facility?

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:42 PM,  <no.top.post@gmail.com> wrote:
> awk &stuff can "give me the the Nth element",
> but, without writing your own search-loop,
> what can "give me the index of the 'element'
> which is <elementValue>" ?
>
> I think it's called 'reverse indexing' ?

$ ri Array#index

Cheers

robert

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