Dimensions > Dimensions Assembly Interfaces > IDimElementArray > IDimElementArray.Find

IDimElementArray.Find

Syntax

Find(Element: Integer): Integer;

Parameters

Element — element index in the array.

Description

The Find method searches for dictionary element with the index Element in array. If successful, it returns element index in the array; otherwise it returns "-1".

Example

Sub UserProc;
Var
    MB: IMetabase;
    Dimen: IDimInstance;
    Elem: IDimElements;
    ElemArr: IDimElementArray;
    i: Integer;
Begin
    MB:=MetabaseClass.Active;
    Dimen:=MB.ItemById("D_TO").Open(Null) As IDimInstance;
    Elem:=Dimen.Elements;
    ElemArr:=Elem.Children(10);
    i:=ElemArr.Find(96);
End Sub UserProc;

After executing the example the method searches dictionary element with the index 96 in the ElemArr array. If the search is successful, the "i" variable contains index of array element that corresponds to the specified dictionary element.