[RESOLVED] Global Arrays

[klivingston]

Hi,
I'm doing my computing soursework for school and have come across one final problem which I though would be very simple to correct.
All I need to do is define 2 different arrays so that they are all global and accessable by all forms.
I have tried declairing them as a global variable ;

Dim Player(0 to 2) as string
Dim Score(0 to 2) as integer

This does not work as the array is only accessable to one form.
I have also tried;

Public Player(0 to 2) as string
Public Score(0 to 2) as integer

This returns an error saying arrays cannot be global.

Any help would be amazing! Thanks in advance.

[Hack]

Welcome to the forums

If you put

Public Player(0 to 2) as string
Public Score(0 to 2) as integer

in a module it will work just fine. Then on a form you could do

Private Sub Command1_Click()
'you can do something like
Dim UseArray As String
UseArray = Player(0)
End Sub

[klivingston]

Thanks very much for the speedy reply!
I'll give that a go tonight. I think i might need a little bit of further help but I'll see how it goes!
Thank You!

[klivingston]

No, I still cant get it to work :/

The problem now is that when The user is asked to input the players names ( player(0 to 2) ) it crashes because it cant find the deceleration of 'Player'.

I would upload it but my readability is awful!

[Spoo]

KL

Hack has given you everything you should need.

In the event that "adding a module" is new to you, the approach is similar to that of adding a form ...
> Click the Project menu option
> Click the Add Module option
> Then you can paste in Hack's declarations from his first code frag.

Hope that helps.
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[klivingston]

Should the module be a 'Public Sub' or 'Private Sub' ?

[Spoo]

KL

I see that you snuck in a post while I was writing mine.
Did my comments help?

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[Spoo]

KL

The module will just have a name
The code that Hack provided are referred to as "declarations"
They go at the top of the code box, and do not need any designation such as Public Sub or Private Sub

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[Spoo]

KL

Just to enhance a bit...

A module can contain both Public Subs as well as Private Subs.
It can even contain Public Functions.

Nonetheless, "declarations" must go at the very top, above what would
be the first Sub or Function.

Hope that helps.
Spoo

[klivingston]

Amazing!!! So Happy! Thank You

[Bonnie West]

klivingston, you might find the article Understanding the Scope of Variables very helpful as well.

[Spoo]

KL

Hooray !!

Glad you got it to work.
And also nice to see that you marked the thread as Resolved.

We're here to serve ,,
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