Matching values in string array

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If we’re going to talk about performance then there’s no substutute for running some tests. In my experience Application.Match() is up to ten times slower than calling a function which uses a loop.

Sub Tester()

    Dim i As Long, b, t
    Dim arr(1 To 100) As String

    For i = 1 To 100
        arr(i) = "Value_" & i
    Next i

    t = Timer
    For i = 1 To 100000
        b = Contains(arr, "Value_50")
    Next i
    Debug.Print "Contains", Timer - t

    t = Timer
    For i = 1 To 100000
        b = Application.Match(arr, "Value_50", False)
    Next i
    Debug.Print "Match", Timer - t

End Sub


Function Contains(arr, v) As Boolean
Dim rv As Boolean, lb As Long, ub As Long, i As Long
    lb = LBound(arr)
    ub = UBound(arr)
    For i = lb To ub
        If arr(i) = v Then
            rv = True
            Exit For
        End If
    Next i
    Contains = rv
End Function

Output:

Contains       0.8710938 
Match          4.210938

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