Array Comparison...Database Search

[MeCoOp]

I have a database of different number strings each 8 numbers long saved in Excel.  I wrote a simple vi to generate another string 8 numbers long.  How do I get the Labview to to compare each string to the generated one and if they do not match continue comparing to the end of the excel database.  The Excel sheet will not have a set number strings to compare...I'm using LV 6.1....Thanks.

[altenbach]

Easiest would be to read the excel sheet into memory as e.g. I32 array, then use "search array". to find the index of the first match.