Module:Util/tables/find

find(tbl, iteratee)

Returns

• The value if found, else nil
• The index of the value found, else nil

Examples

#	Input	Output	Status
1	local args = {"foo", "bar", "baz"} return util.tables.find(args, util.strings._startsWith("b"))	"bar"
		2
2	local args = {"foo", "quux", "quux"} return util.tables.find(args, util.strings._startsWith("b"))	nil
		nil
3	find( { { canon = false, game = "Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland", }, { canon = true, game = "The Wind Waker", }, { canon = true, game = "Breath of the Wild", }, }, "canon" )	{ canon = true, game = "The Wind Waker", }
		2
4	find( { { canon = false, game = "Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland", type = "spinoff", }, { canon = true, game = "Twilight Princess HD", type = "remake", }, { canon = true, game = "Breath of the Wild", type = "main", }, }, { canon = true, type = "main", } )	{ canon = true, game = "Breath of the Wild", type = "main", }
		3

---

local iteratee = require("Module:Util/tables/iteratee")

local function find(tbl, predicate)
	predicate = iteratee(predicate)
	for i, v in ipairs(tbl) do
		if predicate(v) then
			return v, i
		end
	end
	return nil, nil
end

return find