Arrays

A group of items (String,Numbers,Dates,image, etc.) arranged in rows and columns is called an Array.

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List of Students

Saman

Kamal

Anil

Ranil

Sunil

Student Array

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Arrays
Student(0)

Saman

Kamal

Anil

Ranil

Sunil

Arrays allow you to refer to a series of variables by the same name and to use a number (an index) to tell them apart. Visual Basic allocates space for each index number and avoids declaring an array larger than necessary
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Arrays
Student(1)

Saman

Kamal

Anil

Ranil

Sunil

Arrays allow you to refer to a series of variables by the same name and to use a number (an index) to tell them apart. Visual Basic allocates space for each index number and avoids declaring an array larger than necessary
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Arrays
Student(2)

Saman

Kamal

Anil

Ranil

Sunil

Arrays allow you to refer to a series of variables by the same name and to use a number (an index) to tell them apart. Visual Basic allocates space for each index number and avoids declaring an array larger than necessary
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Arrays
Student(3)

Saman

Kamal

Anil

Ranil

Sunil

Arrays allow you to refer to a series of variables by the same name and to use a number (an index) to tell them apart. Visual Basic allocates space for each index number and avoids declaring an array larger than necessary
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Arrays
Student(4)

Saman

Kamal

Anil

Ranil

Sunil

All the elements in an array have the same data type.

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Cont..

But when the data type is Variant, the

individual elements may contain

different kinds of data (objects,

strings, numbers, and so on).

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There are two types of arrays in Visual Basic

1. Fixed-size array which always remains the same size,

2. Dynamic array:size can be changed at runtime

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Declaring Fix size arrays There are three ways to declare a fixed-size array; depending on the scope you want the array to have:

Public array,
Use the Public statement in the Declarations section of a module to declare the array.

Public StName(9) As String Public SubjectM(8) As integer

' 10 elements. ' 9 elements.

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Declaring Fix Cont..

Module-level array,

Use the Private statement in the Declarations

section of a module to declare the array. Private StName(9) As String '10 elements.

Private SubjectM(7) As integer ' 8 elements.

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Declaring Fixed size arrays

Local array,

Use the Dim statement in a procedure to declare the array.

Dim Stname(9) As String Dim SubjectM(8) As integer

'10 elements. ' 9 elements.

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Declaring Local Array & Assign values to array

Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim StName(4) As String

Declaration

StName(0) = "Saman"
StName(1) = "Kamal" StName(2) = "Ranil" StName(3) = "Sunil" StName(4) = "Nimal"
Assign values

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Declaring & Assigning values to a local array to get Output of the contents of the array through text box

Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim StName(4) As String StName(0) = "Saman" StName(1) = "Kamal" StName(2) = "Ranil" StName(3) = "Sunil" StName(4) = "Nimal" Text1 = StName(0) Text2 = StName(1) Text3 = StName(2) Text4 = StName(3) End Sub

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Declaring & Assigning values to a local array to get Output of the contents of the array through text box

Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim StName(4) As String StName(0) = "Saman" StName(1) = "Kamal" StName(2) = "Ranil" StName(3) = "Sunil" StName(4) = "Nimal" Text1 = StName(0) Text2 = StName(1) Text3 = StName(2) Text4 = StName(3) End Sub

Text1 text box

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Declaring & Assigning values to a local array to get Output of the contents of the array through text box

Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim StName(4) As String StName(0) = "Saman" StName(1) = "Kamal" StName(2) = "Ranil" StName(3) = "Sunil" StName(4) = "Nimal" Text1 = StName(0) Text2 = StName(1) Text3 = StName(2) Text4 = StName(3) End Sub

Text2 text box

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Declaring & Assigning values to a local array to get Output of the contents of the array through text box

Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim StName(4) As String StName(0) = "Saman" StName(1) = "Kamal" StName(2) = "Ranil" StName(3) = "Sunil" StName(4) = "Nimal" Text1 = StName(0) Text2 = StName(1) Text3 = StName(2) Text4 = StName(3) End Sub

Text3 text box

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Declaring & Assigning values to a local array to get Output of the contents of the array through text box

Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim StName(4) As String StName(0) = "Saman" StName(1) = "Kamal" StName(2) = "Ranil" StName(3) = "Sunil" StName(4) = "Nimal" Text1 = StName(0) Text2 = StName(1) Text3 = StName(2) Text4 = StName(3) End Sub

Text4 text box

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Declaring & Assigning values to a local array to get Output of the contents of the array through Message Box Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim StName(8) As String StName(0) = "Saman" StName(1) = "Kamal" StName(2) = "Ranil" StName(3) = "Sunil" StName(4) = "Nimal" Temp=MsgBox (StName(0) & " " & StName(1) & " " & StName(2) &_ " &_ StName(3) & " " & StName(4),,Arrays demo) End Sub

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Dynamic Arrays
Sometimes you may not know exactly how large an array

should be. You may want to have the capability of

changing the size of the array at run time.

A dynamic array can be resized at any time. Dynamic arrays help you to manage memory efficiently.

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Create a dynamic array

Declare the array with a Public statement (if you want the array to be public) or Dim statement at the module level (if you want the array to be module level), or a Static or Dim statement in a procedure (if you want the

array to be local). You declare the array as dynamic by

giving it an empty dimension list.
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Dynamic Arrays

Declaration

Dim StName() As String Private Sub Command1_Click() ReDim StName(3) StName(0) = "Kamal" StName(1) = "Ranil" StName(2) = "Sunil" StName(3) = "Anil" MsgBox (StName(0) & " " & StName(1) & " " &_ StName(2) &_ " & StName(3),Arrays Demo) End Sub

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Dynamic Arrays
Dim StName() As String Define size Private Sub Command1_Click() ReDim StName(3) StName(0) = "Kamal" StName(1) = "Ranil" StName(2) = "Sunil" StName(3) = "Anil" MsgBox (StName(0) & " " & StName(1) & " " &_ StName(2) &_ " & StName(3),Arrays Demo) End Sub

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Dynamic Arrays
Dim StName() As String Private Sub Command1_Click() ReDim StName(3) StName(0) = "Kamal" StName(1) = "Ranil" Assign values StName(2) = "Sunil" StName(3) = "Anil" MsgBox (StName(0) & " " & StName(1) & " " &_ StName(2) &_ " & StName(3),Arrays Demo) End Sub

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Dynamic Arrays
Dim StName() As String Private Sub Command1_Click() ReDim StName(3) StName(0) = "Kamal" Display Values StName(1) = "Ranil" StName(2) = "Sunil" StName(3) = "Anil" MsgBox (StName(0) & " " & StName(1) & " " &_ StName(2) &_ " & StName(3),Arrays Demo) End Sub

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Write a program to input marks of 8 subjects. Calculate total & Display

Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim marks(7) As Integer Dim i As Integer Dim sum As Integer Dim total As Integer For i = 0 To 7 marks(i) = InputBox("Enter " & i & " Marks") Next For i = 0 To 7 total = total + marks(i) Next For i = 0 To 7 Print "Content of " & i & " Element of Array ", marks(i) Next Print "Total is ", total End Sub

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Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim marks(7) As Integer Dim i As Integer Dim sum As Integer Dim total As Integer For i = 0 To 7 marks(i) = InputBox("Enter " & i & " Marks") Next For i = 0 To 7 total = total + marks(i) Next For i = 0 To 7 Print "Content of " & i & " Element of Array ", marks(i) Next Print "Total is ", total End Sub

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