Topic: Equivalent to a dotted pair in VBA

[Amsterdammed]

It is funny how you can miss thinks like a dotted pair in VBA.

The Job I got to do is simple. I have a input file with information, names and hours, they belong together. I don’t know how many pairs there are, that differs.

So I want to display them in to listboxes, the user selects the name, the hours belonging to the name appear then in a text field and can be edited by the user. This is necessary because the user can choose the name several times for input, and I want the hours he fills in counted of the original amount.

I know a little about  array, but I think the are not Public?

In lisp I would do this with a dotted pair, but how to do in VBA ?

Thanks in Advance,

Bernd

[Keith™]

An array to keep objects together and easily manageble would eb the way to go ...

Try this:

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Public Function MyFunction() As Variant
'declare variables
Dim Data As String
Dim DataFile As Integer
Dim MyArray() As Variant
Dim N As Integer
Dim SplitData As Variant

'open ourdata file
Open FileName For Input As #DataFile
'initialize our counter (not really needed but I always do)
N = 0
'loop through the file until the End of File
While Not EoF(#DataFile)
 'resize our array to include the data we are reading
 ReDim Preserve MyArray(N,1)
'read the data into our variable
 Line Input #DataFile, Data
'split it into 2 parts (I used a . because you asked about a dotted pair)
 SplitData = Split(Data,".")
'take the split pair array and put it into
'our multi dimensional array
 MyArray(N,0) = SplitData(0)
 MyArray(N,1) = SplitData(1)
'increment our counter
 N = N + 1
'loop
Wend
'close file
Close #DataFile
'return the array to the calling function
MyFunction = MyArray
End Function


Now the disclaimer .. this was written on the fly, so it may contain errors and/or omissions ... you should check it before trying to use it.

[Amsterdammed]

Keith,

Can an array be public ?

Bernd.

[Keith™]

yes

at the top of your module:

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Public MyArray() As Variant

[Amsterdammed]

Keith,
If i place the Public MyArray i get a MsgBox with the contens

Constants, fixed-length strings, arrays, user-defined types and Declare statements not allowed as members of object modules

Any Idea how to sail around this?

Thanks

[Keith™]

Move it out of the form code. you should put the declare in a regular module.

[Amsterdammed]

It is always so easy, if you know it.

Thanks a lot , early Bird

Bernd