Rather Frustrating Issue

[Diagathon]

Alright, basically I am trying to create a function that does the following: The user has a rank The possible ranks a user can have are stored in an array ("RankTree()") The Public Sub in the class is called Promote(Byval Position As String) My problem is that I'm trying to make the sub find the index of the user's rank in RankTree, then move foreward one index, and set the user's Position (Dude.Position) to the next rank in the array. How do I go about doing this?

[Dave Kreskowiak]

Diagathon wrote:

The possible ranks a user can have are stored in an array ("RankTree()")

Why is this an Array? Why couldn't you use an Enum?

Diagathon wrote:

The Public Sub in the class is called Promote(Byval Position As String) My problem is that I'm trying to make the sub find the index of the user's rank in RankTree

All you have to do is enumerate (For i=0 to ...) the string (I'm assuming they're strings!) in the array and check the current Position to each one in the array. When you find it, I contains the index. All you have to do is increment it. This problem would probably be better suited for an Enum...

Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
     2006, 2007

[Code_Doctor]

I'll suggest using a LinkedList. Here is an example: First define a class to hold your object. Public Class Dude Public _Name As String Public _Position As Integer Public Sub New(ByVal Name As String, ByVal Position As Integer) _Name = Name _Position = Position End Sub End Class Then in your main app, define the LinkedList to hold these individual objects. Dim MyDudes as New LinkList(Of Dude) You can add items to this several ways: MyDudes.AddFirst(NewDude) MyDudes.AddAfter(PreviousDude,NewDude) MyDudes.AddBefore(BeforeDude,NewDude) MyDudes.AddLast(NewDude) There are Find Methods, and Remove methods that can easily help with what you need. Hope this helps! :) ~ CodeDoctor ~