ListFindListReverse

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User-Defined Function: integer uListFindListReverse( list vLstSrc, list vLstTst );

Returns an integer index of the last instance of vLstTst in vLstSrc

  • vLstSrc: source list to check
  • vLstTst: list to look for

if vLstTst is not found in vLstSrc -1 is returned.
the index of the first element in vLstSrc is 0

Code:

  • LSO: 168 Bytes
  • MONO: 512 Bytes

<source lang="lsl2"> integer uListFindListReverse( list vLstSrc, list vLstTst ){

   integer vIntRtn;
   if (vLstTst != []){
       integer vIntPst = (vLstSrc != []);
       while ((vIntRtn -= ~llListFindList( llList2List( vLstSrc, vIntRtn, vIntPst), vLstTst )) ^ vIntRtn );
   }
   return ~-vIntRtn;

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Notes

  • function loops n+1 times (where n = number of instances of vLstTst in vLstSrc).
    • this may make it slow for large lists containing many copies of vLstTst
  • Unlike llListFindList, this function properly returns -1 if either vLstSrc or vLstTst is an empty list([]).