Check if element is in array bash

check.sh

# given the following data
mydata=(a b c "hello world")

for val in a c hello "hello world"
do
           # get line # of 1st matching entry
    ix=$( printf "%s\n" "${mydata[@]}" | grep -n -m 1 "^${val}$" | cut -d ":" -f1 )

    if [[ -z $ix ]]
    then
        echo $val missing
    else
         # subtract 1.  Bash arrays are zero-based, but grep -n returns 1 for 1st line, not 0 
        echo $val found at $(( ix-1 ))
    fi
done

#### OUTPUT
#a found at 0
#c found at 2
#hello missing
#hello world found at 3