Dynamic Variable Declaration

[pbb]

Is it possible to declare a variable by referencing
another variable as the type?

Something like this:

'Declare variable to hold variable type
Dim strVariableType as String

'Set variable = to the value in a field from a datatable
strVariableType = dt("VarType")

'Declare new variable using a variable as the data type
Dim obj as strVariableType

I've been able to use the FindControl() function to
reference controls dynamically, but I haven't seen a
function to do this.

[Peter Rilling]

No, because these declarations are checked at compile time.

You have two options, declare your variable as an Object and then it can
hold any value you want, regardless of the datatype, or you could use
Reflection to dynamically create variables (although this may only work for
fields, not variables inside a function).

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Is it possible to declare a variable by referencing
another variable as the type?

Something like this:

'Declare variable to hold variable type
Dim strVariableType as String

'Set variable = to the value in a field from a datatable
strVariableType = dt("VarType")

'Declare new variable using a variable as the data type
Dim obj as strVariableType

I've been able to use the FindControl() function to
reference controls dynamically, but I haven't seen a
function to do this.