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Subject: can an array be searched
From: "tim" <tim2006@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 05:24:04 -0500
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Is there a way to search an array without doing a loop.

So, if array has values 1,4,55,23,556,2,65,632,34 and I am looking for 23,
can this be done with any type of built in function?

If not, im guessing the best way is using a for loop and do a compare.

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