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Default Compare value to array of values, "best fit" (closest without going over, e.g. price is right)

I have an array of values [CompareArray(1 to 10)] that holds 10 numbers in
order of size, e.g.:
(4124, 8251, 15925, 52192, 248273, etc.)

I pull a number from a worksheet using VBA, for example, 131827

I want to compare that number against the existing array, and determine the
placement based on the rule that it has to be larger than the previous
number, and smaller than (or equal to) the larger number. so in the above
example;
(4124, 8251, 15925, 52192, 248273, etc.)
^
131827

it would return (position/integer) 5 because that would represent the
value/bucket in the main array where it fits.

I have accomplished this with a loop, where I compare the number against
each successive pairs of numbers, but that doesn't seem very eloquent, and I
suspect there is a _faster_ way to do this (I'll be doing thousands of
these).

What I have now is (something like):

For i = 1 to 9
if NewNumber (CompareArray(i)) and NewNumber <(CompareArray(i+1) then
FoundIt = i
end if
Next

What is the best way to compare directly to the array values, as a whole,
instead of one pair at a time?

Thanks,
Keith


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