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find_index(p1) public

Returns the index of the first object in self such that the object is

to obj. If a block is given instead of an

argument, returns index of first object for which block is true. Returns nil if no match is found. See also Array#rindex.

If neither block nor argument is given, an enumerator is returned instead.

a = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
a.index("b")        #=> 1
a.index("z")        #=> nil
a.index{|x|x=="b"}  #=> 1

This is an alias of #find_index.

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July 8, 2009 - (<= v1_8_7_72)
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Using block version in Ruby < 1.8.7

The block usage was added in 1.8.7, so to get the same functionality in an earlier version of Ruby, you need to utilize the find method.

Here is a quick example:

match = list.find { |l| l.owner == myself }
match_index = list.index(match)

If you do some gymnastics, you can have it on one line without extra variables:

match_index = list.index(list.find { |l| l.owner == myself })