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Imitating the "IN" Operator

How can one achieve:

if X in (1,2,3) then

instead of:

if x=1 or x=2 or x=3 then

In other words, how can one best imitate the IN operator in VBA for excel?

Solution

  • I don't think there is a very elegant solution.

    However, you could try:

    If Not IsError(Application.Match(x, Array("Me", "You", "Dog", "Boo"), False)) Then

    or you could write your own function:

    Function ISIN(x, StringSetElementsAsArray)
    ISIN = InStr(1, Join(StringSetElementsAsArray, Chr(0)), _
    x, vbTextCompare) > 0
End Function

Sub testIt()
    Dim x As String
    x = "Dog"
    MsgBox ISIN(x, Array("Me", "You", "Dog", "Boo"))
End Sub