2 dimensional array ?

Mr Oizo

Hi I need to use a 2 dimensional array that stores a filed of type string in the first column and a field of type integer in the second. I tried using system.array but there is cast type problems. What can i use? mr oizo

Dave Kreskowiak

You can't combine those two in the same array, though you can create you're own class or structure to hold these.

Public Class MyDataItem
Private _someString As String
Private _someNumber As Integer

Public Sub New(ByVal name As String, ByVal number As Integer)
    \_someString = name
    \_someNumber = number
End Sub

Public Property SomeString As String
    Get
        Return \_someString
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
        \_someString = value
    End Set
End Property

...
End Class

And then you just create an array or collection of these little objects. I prefer to use a Generic List(Of T).

Dim myList As New List(Of MyDataItem)
myList.Add(New MyDataItem("Something", n))

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Mr Oizo

Thanks for the help again.....:) Mr Oizo