Python Index function for Mel

Hello,
I thought this short script I wrote might come in handy.

Thanks
Nathaniel

/////give me the first index where input value matches input search array (returns int array)
//it behaves alot like pythons list.index(value) function, where search array acts as list
//it returns empty array if no index match found
/*
needs arguments
value           string
searchArray     string array
*/
global proc int[]
naIndex(string $value, string $searchArray[] )
{
    int $result[];
     
    //loop search array
    for($i=0; $i < size($searchArray); $i++){
        //if match found store index and break out of loop
        int $matchValue = strcmp($value, $searchArray[$i]);
        if(  $matchValue == 0 )
        {
            $result[0] = $i;
            break;
        }
    }
    
    return $result;
}