simple array question

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i have declared an array but if there are no elements in it i'm getting an error:

Error 9
Subscript out of range: 'lbound'
clsCanvas:Running script

dim arrayE() as variant
 
'code
redim preserve array(counter)
arrayE(counter) = aVariable
 
for i = 0 to ubound(arrayE)
  msgbox arrayE(i)
next i

if i have 1 element in the array the array's ubound is 0, so i cannot check on O, do i have to check on ubound(arrayE) > -1??

or is there another solution?