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date: 2017-07-29T18:19:29+01:00
description: "Function bash array_search(), equivalent to PHP"
draft: false
tags: ['Bash', 'array']
title: "Bash : function array_search()"
translationKey: "bash-array-search"
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## Description

`array_search()`: Searches the array for a given value and returns the corresponding key if successful

*Équivalent à la function [[PHP array_search](http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-search.php)*

## Source Code

{{< code "dev-bash-function-array-search-src" bash >}}

### Parameters

* `needle` is the searched value
* `haystack` is the array where to search

### Return Values

* Returns the key for `needle`, if is found into the array `haystack`
* Otherwise, returns `1`: considere this value as `FALSE`.

## Example

`declare -a color=("blue", "red", "green", "grey");` <br>
`echo "$(array_search "red" "${color[@]}")"`

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