how to test if a value in a cell array matches a vaule in matlab

main.m
% define the cell array
myCellArray = {'apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'pear'};

% define the value to check
valueToCheck = 'orange';

% check if the value is in the cell array using ismember
isValueInArray = ismember(valueToCheck, myCellArray);
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main.m
% define the cell array
myCellArray = {'apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'pear'};

% define the value to check
valueToCheck = 'orange';

% loop over each element of the cell array and check if the value matches
isValueInArray = false;
for ii = 1:numel(myCellArray)
    if strcmp(valueToCheck, myCellArray{ii})
        isValueInArray = true;
        break; % value found, stop looping
    end
end
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