Search An Array 1

[RebelFox]

I need to search a string array for an occurance that matches a string. I thought this would be easy but the only command I could find in MSDN is the ASCAN command.
Strangely VB does not recognise it. The syntax is correct but VB just doesn't seem to have it in its vocabulary.

Is this the best way to scan for an array occurance and what do I have to do to get VB to recognise ASCAN?

Thankyou.

 

[EBGreen]

Do you need to know the index of the string? If you just need to know 'Does strTest exist in one of the elements of arrData', then this should work:

strTemp = Join(arrData, ";")
If InStr(strTemp, strTest) > 0 Then
'Do whatever you do if it is here
Else
'Do whatever you do if it isn't here
End If

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[vladk]

RebelFox,

There are lot of ways to do this; look at Instr and Mid functions...

 

[Swi]

Here is another good example:

http://www.codetoad.com/vb_array_without_loop.asp

Swi

 

[MichaelRed]

Try Split? It not only will tell you that it (the Target) does exist, but the number of occurances.



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