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?
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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?
Something like this?
a = "oil"
'....
b = "peanut" & a
Tom Cannaerts
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more so like
a=1
period&a = 1
a=a+1
Period&a = 2
results
period1=1
period2=2
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
[email protected]
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
Thanks, I'm very familier with arrays.
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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