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+#ifndef _BOOST_DATE_TIME_FIND_MATCH_HPP___
+#define _BOOST_DATE_TIME_FIND_MATCH_HPP___
+
+/* Copyright (c) 2002,2003,2005 CrystalClear Software, Inc.
+ * Use, modification and distribution is subject to the
+ * Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+ * file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+ * Author: Jeff Garland, Bart Garst
+ * $Date$
+ */
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace date_time {
+
+
+ //! Find index of a string in either of 2 arrays
+ /*! find_match searches both arrays for a match to 's'. Both arrays
+ * must contain 'size' elements. The index of the match is returned.
+ * If no match is found, 'size' is returned.
+ * Ex. "Jan" returns 0, "Dec" returns 11, "Tue" returns 2.
+ * 'size' can be sent in with: (greg_month::max)() (which 12),
+ * (greg_weekday::max)() + 1 (which is 7) or date_time::NumSpecialValues */
+ template<class charT>
+ short find_match(const charT* const* short_names,
+ const charT* const* long_names,
+ short size,
+ const std::basic_string<charT>& s) {
+ for(short i = 0; i < size; ++i){
+ if(short_names[i] == s || long_names[i] == s){
+ return i;
+ }
+ }
+ return size; // not-found, return a value out of range
+ }
+
+
+} } //namespace date_time
+
+
+#endif