Hi All,
I have 10 arraylists in a VB.NET app. Based on the state of various
checkboxes and radiobuttons, a set of data is read into these arraylists. I
don't know how many of the arraylists will be used until runtime. what I'd
like to do is something like this:
Dim AL1 as New ArrayList
...
Dim AL10 as New ArrayList
Dim alName as string
Dim i, j as Integer
i = some number between 1-10 '(determined by user selections)
For j = 1 to i
alName="AL"+j.ToString
' ***Something that uses the value of alName to call the appropriate
ArrayList***
' ***Code to add the right stuff to the right ArrayList***
Next j
does that make sense? I know I can use a bunch of If..Then..ElseIfs, but I
thought the above method would be a bit more elegant.
TIA
Lee 8 1254
It's obvious that I haven't had enough caffiene yet!!
I don't know how DirectCast(alName,ArrayList).DoArrayListStuff slipped my
mind!
cheers
Lee
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:e3**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Hi All,
I have 10 arraylists in a VB.NET app. Based on the state of various checkboxes and radiobuttons, a set of data is read into these arraylists. I don't know how many of the arraylists will be used until runtime. what I'd like to do is something like this:
Dim AL1 as New ArrayList .. Dim AL10 as New ArrayList Dim alName as string Dim i, j as Integer i = some number between 1-10 '(determined by user selections) For j = 1 to i alName="AL"+j.ToString ' ***Something that uses the value of alName to call the appropriate ArrayList*** ' ***Code to add the right stuff to the right ArrayList*** Next j
does that make sense? I know I can use a bunch of If..Then..ElseIfs, but I thought the above method would be a bit more elegant.
TIA Lee
Hmmm,
The DirectCast doesn't work.
any Ideas?
thanks
Lee
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:On**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... It's obvious that I haven't had enough caffiene yet!!
I don't know how DirectCast(alName,ArrayList).DoArrayListStuff slipped my mind!
cheers Lee
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> wrote in message news:e3**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Hi All,
I have 10 arraylists in a VB.NET app. Based on the state of various checkboxes and radiobuttons, a set of data is read into these arraylists. I don't know how many of the arraylists will be used until runtime. what I'd like to do is something like this:
Dim AL1 as New ArrayList .. Dim AL10 as New ArrayList Dim alName as string Dim i, j as Integer i = some number between 1-10 '(determined by user selections) For j = 1 to i alName="AL"+j.ToString ' ***Something that uses the value of alName to call the appropriate ArrayList*** ' ***Code to add the right stuff to the right ArrayList*** Next j
does that make sense? I know I can use a bunch of If..Then..ElseIfs, but I thought the above method would be a bit more elegant.
TIA Lee
Lee,
A string adding to an arraylist do you with an Add(as with all Ilist
implementing collections)
\\\
Al1.Add(ALName)
///
I hope this helps,
Cor
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> schreef in bericht
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Hmmm,
The DirectCast doesn't work.
any Ideas?
thanks Lee
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> wrote in message news:On**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... It's obvious that I haven't had enough caffiene yet!!
I don't know how DirectCast(alName,ArrayList).DoArrayListStuff slipped my mind!
cheers Lee
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> wrote in message news:e3**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Hi All,
I have 10 arraylists in a VB.NET app. Based on the state of various checkboxes and radiobuttons, a set of data is read into these arraylists. I don't know how many of the arraylists will be used until runtime. what I'd like to do is something like this:
Dim AL1 as New ArrayList .. Dim AL10 as New ArrayList Dim alName as string Dim i, j as Integer i = some number between 1-10 '(determined by user selections) For j = 1 to i alName="AL"+j.ToString ' ***Something that uses the value of alName to call the appropriate ArrayList*** ' ***Code to add the right stuff to the right ArrayList*** Next j
does that make sense? I know I can use a bunch of If..Then..ElseIfs, but I thought the above method would be a bit more elegant.
TIA Lee
hi Cor,
You misunderstood what I am trying to do. Based on a number of controls on a
form, I have to fill between 1 and 10 arraylists with information. Actually
filing the arraylist is easy (as you said AL1.Add(something)). the problem
is not knowing how many to fill until runtime. So, I declare 10 arraylists
(AL1 to AL10). Based on the form controls, I get a value for i(integer)
between 1 and 10.
what I want to do is this:
For j = 1 to i
alName="AL"+j.ToString 'This gives me my Arraylist name
DirectCast(alName,ArrayList).Add(Stuff for AL# arraylist)
Next j
but the DirectCast gives me an InvalidCastException
Now, what I am doing is:
For j = 1 to i
If j=1 then
AL1.Add(Stuff)
Elseif j=2 Then
AL1.Add(Stuff)
AL2.Add(More Stuff)
ElseIf j=3 Then
Al1.Add(Stuff)
Al2.Add(MoreStuff)
Al3.Add(EvenMoreStuff)
..
ElseIf j=10
..
EndIf
Next j
Using a Directcast seems more efficient from a coding point of view, I just
don't know if I can do a DirectCast from a value in a string variable to an
arraylist.
does that make sense?
Cheers
Lee
"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <no************@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Lee,
A string adding to an arraylist do you with an Add(as with all Ilist implementing collections)
\\\ Al1.Add(ALName) ///
I hope this helps,
Cor
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> schreef in bericht news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Hmmm,
The DirectCast doesn't work.
any Ideas?
thanks Lee
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> wrote in message news:On**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... It's obvious that I haven't had enough caffiene yet!!
I don't know how DirectCast(alName,ArrayList).DoArrayListStuff slipped my mind!
cheers Lee
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> wrote in message news:e3**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Hi All,
I have 10 arraylists in a VB.NET app. Based on the state of various checkboxes and radiobuttons, a set of data is read into these arraylists. I don't know how many of the arraylists will be used until runtime. what I'd like to do is something like this:
Dim AL1 as New ArrayList .. Dim AL10 as New ArrayList Dim alName as string Dim i, j as Integer i = some number between 1-10 '(determined by user selections) For j = 1 to i alName="AL"+j.ToString ' ***Something that uses the value of alName to call the appropriate ArrayList*** ' ***Code to add the right stuff to the right ArrayList*** Next j
does that make sense? I know I can use a bunch of If..Then..ElseIfs, but I thought the above method would be a bit more elegant.
TIA Lee
Lee,
I have the idea that you try to find a difficult solution for something
simple as this.
\\\
Dim a(9) As ArrayList
For i As Integer = 0 To 9
a(i) = New ArrayList
Next
///
\\\
For j As Integer = 1 To i
a(j).Add(stuff for table)
Next
///
What you try to do has nothing to do with casting by the way. You can use
reflection for it, however probably than as I wrote only a difficult
solution for an easy problem.
I hope this helps,
Cor
Hi Cor,
Thanks for the advice. It works great. But, I don't really understand why!
What does Dim a(9) As ArrayList actually do? To me, it looks like it's
declaring an ArrayList with an upper bound of 9, similar to:
Dim a(9) as String creating an array. Obviously, that's not what it does.
If you can explain what the Dim a(9) As ArrayList actually does, I think the
rest of it is pretty easy! I've just never seen that done before.
Thanks Again,
Lee
"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <no************@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:OV**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Lee,
I have the idea that you try to find a difficult solution for something simple as this. \\\ Dim a(9) As ArrayList For i As Integer = 0 To 9 a(i) = New ArrayList Next /// \\\ For j As Integer = 1 To i a(j).Add(stuff for table) Next ///
What you try to do has nothing to do with casting by the way. You can use reflection for it, however probably than as I wrote only a difficult solution for an easy problem.
I hope this helps,
Cor
"lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> schrieb: What does Dim a(9) As ArrayList actually do? To me, it looks like it's declaring an ArrayList with an upper bound of 9, similar to: Dim a(9) as String creating an array. Obviously, that's not what it does.
'Dim a(9) As ArrayList' creates an array variable which can hold 10
references to 'ArrayList' objects (indices 0 to 9). Declaring the array
variable doesn't assign references to instances of 'ArrayList' to the
array's items automatically. That's why you have to do that later, for
example in a 'For' loop as demonstrated in Cor's sample.
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
Thanks Herfried,
Now I understand!
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... "lgbjr" <lg***@nospam.com> schrieb: What does Dim a(9) As ArrayList actually do? To me, it looks like it's declaring an ArrayList with an upper bound of 9, similar to: Dim a(9) as String creating an array. Obviously, that's not what it does.
'Dim a(9) As ArrayList' creates an array variable which can hold 10 references to 'ArrayList' objects (indices 0 to 9). Declaring the array variable doesn't assign references to instances of 'ArrayList' to the array's items automatically. That's why you have to do that later, for example in a 'For' loop as demonstrated in Cor's sample.
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