Help with loop

I have a notecard name from an objects inventory. There are several notecards.
I am trying to get the inventory number of the named notecard.

I know I need to loop through all of the inventory items that are notecards until the name matches. But loops and fors, and whiles confuse me greatly.

Could anyone lend a hand?

Thanks

integer total;
integer current_place;

default 
{
   state_entry()
   {
       total = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_NOTECARD);
       
       do
       {
            whatever you want to do
            ++current_place;
       }
       while (current_place < total);
   }
}

do-while loops are faster but here is the same thing in a for loop

integer total;
integer current_place;

default 
{
   state_entry()
   {
       total = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_NOTECARD);
     
       for (current_place = 0; current_place < total; ++current_place)
       {
           llStuff();
       }
   }
}

Great!

So if I have a notecard named "My Colors" and I want to find its' inventory number, how can I work that in?

integer total; 
integer current_place; 

default 
{ 
   state_entry() 
   { 
       total = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_NOTECARD); 
        
       do 
       { 
            if (llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_NOTECARD, current_place) == "My Colors")
            {
                llOwnerSay("the notecard your looking for is number " + (string)current_place);
                current_place = total;
            }
            else ++current_place; 
       } 
       while (current_place < total); 
   } 
}

dont forget that the count starts @ 0 so the 3rd notecard will report as 2 and ect

If you need it for a number of notecards then a function is probably a better way to solve this.

integer get_notecard_num(string name)
{
    integer tI = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_NOTECARD);
    while ( tI )
    {
        if ( llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_NOTECARD, --tI ) == name )
        {
            return tI;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}