How to find if an array contains a string

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I am currently working on an Excel macro, and I could not find a way to do like if array.contains(mystring)

I wrote the following, and it gives me the message "Invaild Qualifier" and highlights the Mainfram right after If

Dim Mainfram(4) As String

Mainfram(0) = "apple"

Mainfram(1) = "pear"

Mainfram(2) = "orange"

Mainfram(3) = "fruit"

    For Each cel In Selection
        If Mainfram.Contains(cel.Text) Then
            Row(cel.Row).Style = "Accent1"
        End If
    Next cel

The selection is a column

Anyone help?

Hi, JP I tried your suggestion, and it said Object required. And Highlightd the If IsInArray(cell.Text, Mainfram) Then Heres my full code

Sub changeRowColor()

Columns("B:B").Select

Dim cel As Excel.Range
Dim Mainfram(4) As String

Mainfram(0) = "apple"
Mainfram(1) = "pear"
Mainfram(2) = "orange"
Mainfram(3) = "Banana"

For Each cel In Selection
    If IsInArray(cell.Value, Mainfram) Then
        Rows(cel.Row).Style = "Accent1"
    End If
Next cel

End Sub

Function IsInArray(stringToBeFound As String, arr As Variant) As Boolean

    IsInArray = (UBound(Filter(arr, stringToBeFound)) > -1)

End Function

Nevermind, I found that stupid Error... Thank you anyways

Using the code from my answer to a very similar question:

Sub DoSomething()
Dim Mainfram(4) As String
Dim cell As Excel.Range

Mainfram(0) = "apple"
Mainfram(1) = "pear"
Mainfram(2) = "orange"
Mainfram(3) = "fruit"

For Each cell In Selection
  If IsInArray(cell.Value, MainFram) Then
    Row(cell.Row).Style = "Accent1"
  End If
Next cell

End Sub

Function IsInArray(stringToBeFound As String, arr As Variant) As Boolean
  IsInArray = (UBound(Filter(arr, stringToBeFound)) > -1)
End Function

Another simple way using JOIN and INSTR

Sub Sample()
    Dim Mainfram(4) As String, strg As String
    Dim cel As Range
    Dim Delim As String
    
    Delim = "#"
    
    Mainfram(0) = "apple"
    Mainfram(1) = "pear"
    Mainfram(2) = "orange"
    Mainfram(3) = "fruit"

    strg = Join(Mainfram, Delim)
    strg = Delim & strg
    
    For Each cel In Selection
        If InStr(1, strg, Delim & cel.Value & Delim, vbTextCompare) Then _
        Rows(cel.Row).Style = "Accent1"
    Next cel
End Sub

Use the Filter() method as shown here - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/filter-function

I'm afraid I don't think there's a shortcut to do this - if only someone would write a linq wrapper for VB6!

You could write a function that does it by looping through the array and checking each entry - I don't think you'll get cleaner than that.

There's an example article that provides some details here: http://www.vb6.us/tutorials/searching-arrays-visual-basic-6