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A Good ListBox Seach function


Visual Basic 6, or VB Classic

This code searches a listbox for a given string, and returns the the ListIndex of the Item that matches the given string.

Original Author: noroom

Inputs

The string you want to find in the listbox

Returns

if found: the ListIndex that matches the given string
If not found: returns -1

Code

Private Function SearchList(ToSearch As String, lstList As ListBox) As Integer
Dim i As Integer
SearchList = -1
For i = 0 To lstList.ListCount - 1
If LCase(lstList.List(i)) = LCase(ToSearch) Then
  SearchList = i
  Exit For
End If
Next i
End Function

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Posted: 2003-06-01
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Visual Basic 6

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