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Hello
Is there a way to get the index of an item in an array? For instance,
if I have:

MyArray = Array("NY","CT" ,"TX","NM")

....can I see what position CT is in the array?
Thanks

Nov 14 '06 #1
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THe only way to get an index from an array is to loop through the array
until you match the desired value. YOu can use a collection object
which uses keys collObj.Add(val ue, key).

Rich

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Nov 14 '06 #2
.... but even with a collection you can't find the index of an item without
looping through the collection.

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THe only way to get an index from an array is to loop through the array
until you match the desired value. YOu can use a collection object
which uses keys collObj.Add(val ue, key).

Rich

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Nov 14 '06 #3
mi********@gmai l.com wrote:
Hello
Is there a way to get the index of an item in an array? For instance,
if I have:

MyArray = Array("NY","CT" ,"TX","NM")

...can I see what position CT is in the array?
Thanks
If it were important I'd hack something up along these lines (it would
need some more work):

Dim MyArray As Variant
Dim tempString As String
MyArray = Array("NY", "CT", "TX", "NM")
tempString = "/" & Join(MyArray, "/") & "/"
Debug.Print UBound(Split(le ft(tempString, InStr(tempStrin g, "/CT/")),
"/")) - 1

but ... why would it be important?

Nov 15 '06 #4
On 14 Nov 2006 12:51:56 -0800, mi********@gmai l.com wrote:

How did you get these values into this variant array? Perhaps
something can be done at the source.
If not, just loop using a For Each loop. On small arrays like this the
ugly n/2 performance is negligible.

-Tom.

>Hello
Is there a way to get the index of an item in an array? For instance,
if I have:

MyArray = Array("NY","CT" ,"TX","NM")

...can I see what position CT is in the array?
Thanks
Nov 15 '06 #5

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