How to declare(Dim) a string array

[vasu]

Hi,
I am new to VB, I do not know how to declare string array.

I tried:
Dim Names As String[]

it giving error.

Can anybody tell me how to declare a string array in VB.

Thanks,
vasu

[Leo Koach]

You can either use

dim string(<the number>) as string

or

dim string() as string

and redim it later

redim string(<the number>) as string

good luck

Leo

[vasu]

Thanks Leo.
But one question:

I declare as Names() As String

But how do I know how many elements are there in the Names array at runtime?

My actual requirement is:
I will have method like GetNames which will take String array as an argument.
This method will be in a DLL.

My client will call this method passing an array.

Now my DLL method should determine(at runtime) how many elements are there and should print out those names.

How can I do this.

Sorry for troubling u.

Thanks,
Vasu

[Leo Koach]

In this case you can guess the largest number that you think user would enter. Since it’s DLL, I assume that “GetString” will accrue while program is running only and after that you can just free the string array and start from the beginning.
Are you going to pass these arrays into a database or a text file later on? You can reset It after “update” or “close” statement..

Leo

[Ranjit Goray]

Dim Names() as String is the syntax