I am constructing a string in my program and then trying to use
it to get the value of an integer variable whose label looks like
that string. I can't figure out how to do it. For example:
Dim aXYZ As Integer = 5
Dim myString As String
Dim myResults As Integer
myString = "aXYZ"
myResults = SomeFunction?(myString)
What I want is for myResults to equal 5 using "SomeFunction?" as
shown above. How do I do that?
In actuality, I have a large dataset (7,000 rows) where I count
the number of occurrences of approximately 100 items sprinkled
throughout the rows. I have 100 integer variables structured
similar to aXYZ in my example above. As I do my counting in the
dataset, I use the following code:
For I = 0 To cntSpring - 1
mMajor = DataSet.Tables("Spring03").Rows(I).Item("MAJOR1")
Select Case mMajor
Case "ACT" : sACT += 1
Case "AED" : sAED += 1
Case "ANP" : sANP += 1
Case "ARH" : sARH += 1
etc.
End Select
Next
....where cntSprint is the number of rows in the dataset named
"Dataset" and Spring03 is the name of one of the databases making
up the dataset.
Once I come out of the For...Next loop above, I have 100 integer
variables (e.g., sACT, sAED, etc.) that represent the
distribution of their occurrence in the dataset. In another part
of my program, I am trying to construct a string like "sACT" and
do something to it so that I get the associated integer number
that came out of the For...Next loop. I'm baffled.
Thanks
Roger
