How to declare a string?

[Shapper]

Hello,

I am declaring a String Array as follows:

Dim labeltext As String()
Select Case culture
Case "pt-PT"
labeltext = {"A...", _
"B...", _
"C...", _
"D..."}
Case "en-GB"
Case Else
End Select

However it's not working?

What am I doing wrong?

I know it would work if I would do as follows:
Dim labeltext As String = {"A...", _
"B...", _
"C...", _
"D..."}

Thanks,
Miguel

 

[Guest]

You have to do something like:
labeltext = New String() {"A...", _
"B...", _
"C...", _
"D..."}

Array declarations allow you to omit the "New String[]" part, but
assignments do not.

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[Karl Seguin]

labletext = new String() {"..", ",,")

you could also use an arraylist if you wanted to.

dim labelTExt as new ArrayList()
....
labelText.Add("..")
labelText.Add("..")
labelText.Add("..")

and convert it to a string array

dim arr as string() = ctype(arr.ToArray(gettype(string)), string())

Karl

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

I think the assignment shortcut has to be used in one statement. You could
use this if they are separate:

Dim labeltext(4) As String
Select Case Culture
Case "pt-PT"
labeltext(0) = "A..."
labeltext(1) = "B..."
labeltext(2) = "C..."
labeltext(3) = "D..."
Case "en-GB"
Case Else
End Select

Ken
MVP [ASP.NET]