[RESOLVED] Beginner need some help with an Array that gets a System.NullReferenceException

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Hi all, I am making a program that gets some information from a file, splits the data and stores it in an Array. Problem is I get the following error after using the split method and trying to assign the values to the array(called inventory for a quick search):

System.NullReferenceException: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'

inventory was Nothing.

I don't really get this error. Does it mean that I need to give the array some values before doing anything with it? Here's my code so far:

<cd here>

Any help would be appreciated for a newbie like me.

[.paul.]

The problem is that you haven't dimensioned the array - you're attempting to use elements that don't exist

Redim Preserve inventory(intCount)
With inventory(intCount)
    .strProductNumber = strFields(0)
    .strProductDescription = strFields(1)
    .intProductQuantity = CInt(strFields(2))
    .dblProductCost = CDbl(strFields(3))
    .dblProductMarkup = CDbl(strFields(4))
End With

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The problem is that you haven't dimensioned the array - you're attempting to use elements that don't exist

Redim Preserve inventory(intCount)
With inventory(intCount)
    .strProductNumber = strFields(0)
    .strProductDescription = strFields(1)
    .intProductQuantity = CInt(strFields(2))
    .dblProductCost = CDbl(strFields(3))
    .dblProductMarkup = CDbl(strFields(4))
End With

Thank you, that worked. You may not think it, but you just made my day.