' The shortest item in an array of any type' (it applies the LEN function to all the items in the array' and then takes the highest value)'' FIRST and LAST indicate which portion of the array' should be considered; they default to the first' and last element, respectively' if SHORTESTINDEX is specified, it receives the index of' the longest element of the arrayFunction ArrShortestItem(arr As Variant, Optional ByVal First As Variant, _ Optional ByVal Last As Variant, Optional ShortestItem As Long) As Variant Dim index As Long Dim minLength As Long If IsMissing(First) Then First = LBound(arr) If IsMissing(Last) Then Last = UBound(arr) ArrShortestItem = arr(First) minLength = Len(ArrShortestItem) ShortestItem = First For index = First + 1 To Last If minLength > Len(arr(index)) Then ArrShortestItem = arr(index) minLength = Len(ArrShortestItem) ShortestItem = index End If Next End Function
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