Array Comparison Search

[bbentelin]

Is there a method of searching an array for the first element which is less than a set number? - Like the Search Array function but with comparison instead of equals?

Thanks

[dan_u · Accepted solution]

I don't think there's a direct way.

One simple option: do your comparison first (you can compare an array to a scalar), this will result in a boolean array. Then search for "True" in the boolean array.

[bbentelin]

I like that, thanks for the reply.

[Darin.K]

If you have a large dataset, you should be a little careful.  Doing the comparison and then searching guarantees that you will operate on every element of the array and will also create a new one.  In this case just use a for loop with the conditional terminal set to stop when the condition is met.  This way you don't have a new buffer allocation, and you short-circuit the operation when you find the answer.  Be sure to check if you reached the end of the array (your loop will stop with a value of False for the last comparison).

All that said, I use the previous suggestion 95% of the time.