2 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index bb28f34..43e3b7d 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -212,15 +212,20 @@ in_array() {
 }
 
 index_of() {
-    # get the array index of an item. size limit of 254 items!
+    # get the array index of an item. sets the global var _idx with
+    # index and returns 0 if found, otherwise returns 1.
     local item=$1; shift
 
-    for (( i=1; i <= $#; i++ )); do
-        [[ $item = ${!i} ]] && return $(( --i ))
+    for (( _idx=1; _idx <= $#; _idx++ )); do
+        if [[ $item = ${!_idx} ]]; then
+            (( --_idx ))
+            return 0
+        fi
     done
 
     # not found
-    return 255
+    unset _idx
+    return 1
 }
 
 funcgrep() {
diff --git a/mkinitcpio b/mkinitcpio
index 0404ecc..f698198 100755
--- a/mkinitcpio
+++ b/mkinitcpio
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ hook_help() {
 }
 
 hook_list() {
-    local n p hook resolved
+    local p hook resolved
     local -a paths hooklist depr
     local ss_ordinals=(¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹)
 
@@ -156,16 +156,13 @@ hook_list() {
 
                 resolved=${resolved##*/}
 
-                index_of "$resolved" "${depr[@]}"
-
-                n=$?
-                if (( n == 255 )); then
+                if ! index_of "$resolved" "${depr[@]}"; then
                     # deprecated hook
                     depr+=("$resolved")
-                    n=$(( ${#depr[*]} - 1 ))
+                    _idx=$(( ${#depr[*]} - 1 ))
                 fi
 
-                hook=$hook${ss_ordinals[n]}
+                hook+=${ss_ordinals[_idx]}
             fi
 
             hooklist+=("${hook##*/}")