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Finding Position in an ordered list

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• Subject: [mg57720] Finding Position in an ordered list
• From: janostothmeister at gmail.com
• Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 04:21:28 -0400 (EDT)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I wonder if it is possible to use the knowledge
that a list in which I am looking for the position
of an element is ordered. I want a quicker solution then e.g.
lis={ac,dmk,rfg,sty,zxxer}
Position[lis,sty]

I am certainly interested in longer lists...

Thank you,

Janos

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