{ and } to hold an array

jaucourt · November 25th, 2004, 05:02 AM

I've seen

Code:

myArray = {"element 1", "element 2", "element 3"}

used many times in vb and vb.net, and have even used them myself to initialise arrays. Even the vb.net forms designer uses them. However, I don't know the 'hard and fast' rules for using them - when they work, it's great, but sometimes I have to do assignment line by line. I've looked in several vb.net books and tried to search on google, but no cigar as yet. Does anyone know the rules / know of a site detailing the rules for curly braces?

Thanks

digby_dog · November 25th, 2004, 05:36 AM

The Visual Studio documentation seems to cover it at:

ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/MS.MSDNQTR.2003FEB.1033/vbcn7/html/vacondeclaringarrays.htm

jaucourt · November 25th, 2004, 09:15 AM

doh! Thanks for that - I was looking in the index, trying to find curly braces in the list. Never thought to look under array!