list data

VB Code:

If List1.List(0) = List1.List(1) And List1.List(1) = List1.List(2) And List1.List(2) = List1.List(3) And List1.List(3) = List1.List(4) Then
fivekind.Enabled = True
End If

In this code, you can see that if five bits of data in a list are the same, a button named "fivekind" is enabled.

This is my problem: how would I get the program to check that only 4 bits of data are the same? I tried it just now and it looked like i needed, if anything, too many lines of code to do that using the method above.

Is there a simpler way of doing this?

VB Code:

dim matches() as integer
redim matches(list1.listcount-1)
for a = 0 to list1.listcount-1
  matches(a) = 1
  for b = 0 to list1.listcount-1
    if a = b then GoTo NextB
    if list1.list(a) = list1.list(b) then
       matches(a) = matches(a)+1
    end if
NextB:
  next b
next a

So for example if the word "Cat" is on listindex nr 7 in your list, just type this:

VB Code:

msgbox matches(7)

and you'll get the number of times the line "Cat" was found in the list :)

oops found some small errors in there. Ive edited the code, its working alright now :bigyello:

but if the list item is a number, and if i wanted for it to check if any of the numbers appear 4 times, how would i do that?

just use my code and add this:

VB Code:

for a = 0 to ubound(matches)
    if matches(a) = 4 then
        msgbox list1.list(a) & " appears 4 times."
    end if
next a