vb variable macros

[Russ Billard]

In clipper you could macro your variables. so a variable could be called peanut&a where "a" could be either butter or oil. peanutbutter and peanutoil would have seperate values anyone know a vb way of doing the same?

[Cakkie]

Something like this?

a = "oil"
'....
b = "peanut" & a




Tom Cannaerts
slisse@planetinternet.be

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning -- Rich Cook

[Russ Billard]

more so like
a=1
period&a = 1
a=a+1
Period&a = 2

results

period1=1
period2=2

[Cakkie]

Oh, that isn't really possible in VB, what is possible is to create an array, and address it via it's index, like this:

Dim peanut(1 to 3)
a = 1
peanut(a) = 1
a = 2
peanut(a) = 2
a = 2
peanut(a) = 3
' results in
peanut(1) = 1
peanut(2) = 2
peanut(3) = 3





Tom Cannaerts
slisse@planetinternet.be

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning -- Rich Cook

[Russ Billard]

Thanks, I'm very familier with arrays.

[Clearcode]

Or you could use a Collection class and key it thus:



Dim Peanut as Collection

set Peanut = new Collection

Peanut.Add "£3.10","Oil"
Peanut.Add "£2.50","Butter"

Debug.print Peanut("Oil")




HTH,
Duncan

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