VBA: Function to search in an array

rajat_magic

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Is there a function in VBA that can establish whether a particular value is part of an array, or is it necessary to actually cycle through all of the values and check individually?
 
aMyArray = Array("W", "X", "Y", "Z")
sLookFor = "W"
MsgBox (aMyArray(Application.Match(sLookFor, aMyArray, 0) - 1))
 
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not sorted but Match throws an error if the value is not in the array, so I wrapped it in IsError. I used something like
If IsError(Application.Match(sLookFor, aMyArray, 0)) Then
MsgBox ("NOT FOUND")
Else
MsgBox ("FOUND")
End If
 
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