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Return the position of the option having the specified `name`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balcl_commandline.h>`

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int
index(std::string_view const& name) const;
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== Description

Return ‐1 if the handle has no option of that name. Note that, on success, the return values are in the range `[0 .. numOptions() ‐ 1]`.

== Return Value

position of the named option, or ‐1 if not found

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *name*
| option name to look up
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