IBM Lotus Symphony
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Defines a subroutine that can be used as an expression to determine a return type.
see Parameter
Syntax
Function Name[(VarName1 [As Type][, VarName2 [As Type][,...]]]) [As Type]
statement block
[Exit Function]
statement block
End Function
Parameter
Name: Name of the subroutine to contain the value returned by the function.
VarName: Parameter to be passed to the subroutine.
Type: Type-declaration keyword.
Sub ExampleExit
Dim sReturn As String
Dim sListArray(10) as String
Dim siStep as Single
For siStep = 0 to 10 REM Fill array with test data
sListArray(siStep) = chr$(siStep + 65)
msgbox sListArray(siStep)
next siStep
sReturn = LinSearch(sListArray(), "B")
Print sReturn
end sub
Function LinSearch( sList(), sItem As String ) as integer
dim iCount as Integer
REM Linsearch searches a TextArray:sList() for a TextEntry:
REM Return value is the index of the entry or 0 (Null)
for iCount=1 to Ubound( sList() )
if sList( iCount ) = sItem then
exit for REM sItem found
end if
next iCount
if iCount = Ubound( sList() ) then iCount = 0
LinSearch = iCount
end function