Associative Array using Visual Basic 6

[ashokbio]

I want to create an associative array, similar to PERL language, using Visual Basic 6.

Example: Using PERL

%A = ("A"=>"Apple","B"=>"Banana");

i.e., A is associated to the word Apple and B is associated to the word Banana. The alternative conversion is:

$A{'A'} = "Apple";
$A{'B'} = "Banana";

Similarly i want the conversion in Visual Basic 6. Is it possible?

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T. Ashok Kumar
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[JosAH]

You're better off asking this question in the Visual Basic forum.

kind regards,

Jos

[bartonc]

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Also moving from Member Introductions to the VB Forum.

[Killer42]

Definitely. What you're looking for is a Collection. It works in many ways similarly to an array, but rather than (or as well as) a numeric index, you can access it via a key that you supply when creating it.

Check the doco for Collection.

There is also a Dictionary object which I've heard is better in some ways than a collection, but I'm not familiar with it.

[Hassan Darwesh]

Try this code

'General
Dim A(10) as String

'form load
sub form_load ()
A(0) = "Apple"
A(1)= "Banana"
end sub

this code will let you enter 11 String data in your array from A(0) to A(10) and you can also get the data the same way like

text1.text = A(0) 'in the text you get Apple
text2.text = A(1) 'in the text you get Banana

you can also dim you array as integer , double or any other

I wish that help you

[hariharanmca]

tray this code

you can also dim you array as integer , double or any other

I wish that help you

Good Hassan, But he is looking for

$A{'A'} = "Apple";
$A{'B'} = "Banana";

and he never explain his requirement to give better suggessions.

[Killer42]

Yes, the question is not merely how to use an array, but how to use a key such as "A" or "B" to look something up "automatically" in the array. That's why I suggested using a Collection, which I believe covers this situation pretty well.