I have a cfc

<cffunction name="getarrayindexbyvalue" returntype="numeric">

<cfargument name="thisvalue" type="string" required="Yes">

<cfargument name="thisfieldarray" type="array" required="Yes">

<cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#ArrayLen(thisfieldarray)#">

<cfif thisfieldarray[i].value eq thisvalue>

<cfreturn i>

</cfif>

</cfloop>

<cfreturn -1>

</cffunction>

(edited) [4:29 PM] it called search.cfc [4:30 PM] for some reason I cannot call this function within the same cfc it lives in cfengineers [4:30 PM]

<td class="formlight nobottom">

<cfdump var="#arguments#" >

<select name="#targetField#" size="8" multiple class="texttiny">

<cfloop index="reportoption" list="#ardisplayFields#">

<cfif this.getarrayindexbyvalue(reportoption,aravailableFields) Gt 0>

<option value="#reportoption#">#aravailableFields[this.getarrayindexbyvalue(reportoption,aravailableFields)].text#</option>

</cfif>

</cfloop>

</select>

</td>

cfengineers [4:30 PM] I have tried this. scopping [4:30 PM] any ideas? cfengineers [4:31 PM] Variable GETARRAYINDEXBYVALUE is undefined. The error occurred in D/pool/content/sandbox/ernie2/cms/vts/personalpreference/formpersonaldashbaordcontrol.cfm line 182

180 :                             <select name="casereportfieldsdisplay" size="8" multiple class="texttiny">
181 :                                 <cfloop index="reportoption" list="#casereportfieldsdisplay#">
182 :                                     <cfif getarrayindexbyvalue(reportoption,casefieldarray) Gt 0>
183 :                                         <option value="#reportoption#">#casefieldarray[getarrayindexbyvalue(reportoption,casefieldarray)].text#</option>