1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/base/UCommon.pas b/src/base/UCommon.pas
index fa0faf3c..18022337 100644
--- a/src/base/UCommon.pas
+++ b/src/base/UCommon.pas
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ uses
 
 type
   TStringDynArray = array of string;
+  TUTF8StringDynArray = array of UTF8String;
 
 const
   SepWhitespace = [#9, #10, #13, ' ']; // tab, lf, cr, space
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ procedure MergeSort(List: TList; CompareFunc: TListSortCompare);
 function GetAlignedMem(Size: cardinal; Alignment: integer): pointer;
 procedure FreeAlignedMem(P: pointer);
 
+function GetArrayIndex(const SearchArray: array of UTF8String; Value: string; CaseInsensitiv: boolean = false): integer;
+
 
 implementation
 
@@ -514,6 +517,28 @@ begin
   TempList.Free;
 end;
 
+(**
+ * Returns the index of Value in SearchArray
+ * or -1 if Value is not in SearchArray.
+ *)
+function GetArrayIndex(const SearchArray: array of UTF8String; Value: string;
+    CaseInsensitiv: boolean = false): integer;
+var
+  i: integer;
+begin
+  Result := -1;
+
+  for i := 0 to High(SearchArray) do
+  begin
+    if (SearchArray[i] = Value) or
+       (CaseInsensitiv and (CompareText(SearchArray[i], Value) = 0)) then
+    begin
+      Result := i;
+      Break;
+    end;
+  end;
+end;
+
 
 type
   // stores the unaligned pointer of data allocated by GetAlignedMem()