How to use variables in regular MS excel expressions - vba

Question

My research shows that I need to use Visual Basic. I am a programmer/developer, but have never used VB so if anyone could dumb it down it would be appreciated.
Here's my working excel function:
=IF(MATCH(1,E1:DP1,0),D1,FALSE)
I want to loop a few of those numbers such that:
=IF(MATCH(141,E1:DP378,0),D378,FALSE)
THEN take my answers (which will be strings, because column D are all strings, the rest of the excel file are numbers)
=CONCAT
end goal: have 141 String arrays populated based on the data in my table.
I went ahead and made my first attempt at VBA like this:
Sub myFunc()
'Initialize Variables
Dim strings As Range, nums As Integer, answer() As Variant, listAnswers() As Variant
'set variables
strings = ("C1:C378")
nums = 141
i = 0
j = 0
ReDim Preserve answer(i)
ReDim Preserve listAnswers(j)
'answer() = {""}
'for each in nums
For counter = 0 To nums
ReDim Preserve listAnswers(0 To j)
'set each list of answers
listAnswers(i) = Join(answer(), "insertJSONcode")
j = j + 1
'for each in Stings
For Each cell In strings
If cell <> "" Then
ReDim Preserve answer(0 To i)
answer(i) = 'essentially this: (MATCH(2,E1:DP1,0),D1,FALSE)
i = i + 1
end If
next cell 'end embedded forEach
Next LCounter 'end for loop
'is this possible? or wrong syntax?
Range("A:A").Value = listAnswers() ' should print 141 arrays from A1 to A141
End Sub
EDIT:
Important note I do NOT need to call the sheet by Name. I've successfully written integer values to by excel sheet in column A without doing so.
Also, the VBA I wrote I was never intended to work, I know it's broken at least where answer(i) is supposed to write to something. I'm only putting that code there to show I was able to at least able to get into spitting distance of the proper logic and prove I've put some serious effort into solving the problem and give a rough starting point.
Here's an image of the excel format. Column C goes down to 378 and the numbers listed from E through DP are populated by a database. It consists of blank cells and numbers between 1 and 141.
Looking back at my if statement:
=IF(MATCH(2,E2:DP2,0),D2,FALSE)
If I were to type that exactly into cell B2 it would output the correct answer "text2". which is neat and all, but I need every instance of text 2 written out, then CONCAT those results. Easy so far, I could drag that down all the way through column B and have all of my "text" strings in one column, CONCAT that column and there's the answer. However I don't just need #2, I need each number between 1 and 141. Plus I want to avoid writing 141 columns with a CONCAT on top of each one.