{"name":"findAny","operator":null,"title":"findAny","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/findAny","revid":377163,"updated":"2026-01-01T10:41:43Z","groups":["Arrays"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.10"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.10"},"arma3_since":"2.10","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns the zero-based index of the first element in array A that also exists in array B. If no common elements exist it returns -1.\n\nSimilar in functionality as find's first syntax, but the second parameter is an array of elements to find.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"searchIn findAny toFind","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"searchIn","type":"Array of Anything","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Array","Anything"],"since":null,"text":"searchIn: Array of Anything"},{"name":"toFind","type":"Array of Anything","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Array","Anything"],"since":null,"text":"toFind: Array of Anything"}],"returns":{"type":"Number","types":["Number"],"description":"the index of the first found item","text":"Number - the index of the first found item"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"searchIn","types":["Array","Anything"]},"right":{"text":"toFind","types":["Array","Anything"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n[0,1,2,3,4] findAny [2,4,6,8]; // returns 2\n```","code":["[0,1,2,3,4] findAny [2,4,6,8]; // returns 2"]},{"text":"```sqf\n[0,1,2,3,4] findAny [8,6,4,2]; // returns 2\n```","code":["[0,1,2,3,4] findAny [8,6,4,2]; // returns 2"]},{"text":"```sqf\n[0,1,2,3,4] findAny [5,7,9]; // returns -1\n```","code":["[0,1,2,3,4] findAny [5,7,9]; // returns -1"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["find","findIf"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Arrays","Introduced with Arma 3 version 2.10","Scripting Commands"]}