uhh... total begginer question *RESLVED*

[invitro]

I feel sorta... emberresed asking this but umm....

well, with arrays... is there any way to put in datamanualy rather then having to do each spot at a time? Like you can in C++...

instead of

myArray(0) = ..
myArray(1) = ..

i want to do

myArray() = {"1","2"... "50"}

how can i do this?

[RhinoBull]

Yes, you may do that in VB as well. Also array could be populated dynamically.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim arNumbers(9) As Integer
Dim arNumbers2() As Integer
Dim vNumbers As Variant
Dim i%
 
    ReDim arNumbers2(0)
    For i = 0 To 9
        arNumbers(i) = i
        arNumbers2(UBound(arNumbers2)) = i
        If i < 9 Then
            ReDim Preserve arNumbers2(UBound(arNumbers2) + 1)
        End If
    Next i
    'OR
    vNumbers = Array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
    For i = 0 To 9
        Debug.Print arNumbers(i)
        Debug.Print arNumbers2(i)
        Debug.Print vNumbers(i)
    Next i
 
End Sub

[invitro]

interesting... i could populate it dynamicaly if the values were constants going from 1 - whatever... however i was thinking of populating it with letters and such

I see that you are using a variant, then making the array object... how does the array object know what kind of an array it is?

eg, if i wanted it to be a string, byte, or int array... how would it know the difference? I guess bytes could be stored as int and then converted...

just curious

[RhinoBull]

If you don't know the type then simply don't specify it ...

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim arTest()
Dim i%
 
    ReDim arTest(0)
    For i = 0 To 9
        If i Mod 2 = 0 Then
            arTest(UBound(arTest)) = i
        Else
            arTest(UBound(arTest)) = Chr(i + 65)
        End If
        If i < 9 Then
            ReDim Preserve arTest(UBound(arTest) + 1)
        End If
    Next i
    For i = 0 To 9
        Debug.Print arTest(i)
    Next i
 
End Sub

[invitro]

ahh cool thanks, that answers my question! i feel much better now... totaly forgot about the Array() object!

thanks again

[RhinoBull]

Not at all ...
One more thing to clarify: Array() is not an object - it's a function then returns a variant containing an array.

[invitro]

Ahhh right right, use it in javascript all the time... not use to VB using variants
thanks!!!

[RhinoBull]

Just be carefull with variants in VB development - not always reasonable (consuming alot more memory).