Okay, not a rag on Wrox, because I can't find this code in O'Reilly, Premier, SAMS, QUE, IDG or Microsoft Press books. We're talking about vbscript, vb.net, and vba.

It seems to me that the PRIMARY (maybe the ONLY) reason to use an array is to process requests to a MULTI-DIMENSIONAL array, and not to a one-dimensional array. As an example (used in almost every book), a two-dimensional array that stores names and corresponding phone numbers.

It seems to me that you might want to input a name and retrieve a phone number. Almost exclusively the topic is covered in this fashion, however: define one-dimensional arrays, how to create one-dimmensional arrays, how to search one-dimensional arrays, oh, by the way, you can make multi-dimensional arrays, how to make multi-dimensional arrays, end of chapter or section.

Why is there no coverage on how to search a multi dimensional array and retrieve the phone number for each person (for example)? I know you must be able to do this. And the user forums are no help.

mmcdonal

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mmcdonal

Look it up at: http://wrox.books24x7.com

What do you mean with "And the user forums are no help"?

Are you ruling us out before hand? If so, what's the point of posting here? ;)

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Well, this reply is an example. Where is the answer to my question? Instead I get a social jab. I don't come here for the social life, but to get answers to technical questions.

mmcdonal

Right. Now that is an interesting point of view.
You see, this is a community and AFAIK, in communities, things are based on giving and taking.

People contributing to these forums do so in their own free time, so I think that coming here with a "social life" in mind will get you much further. I had no intention to give you a social jab.

And instead of complaining, why don't you ask the question you want to ask? Make it a technical question, provide some sample code to (re)create the array, describe what you have already investigated and describe how you would like the code to behave. Or are you really just interested in the question why these topics aren't covered in any books? ;)

IMO, that might get you a much faster and better answer....

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Don't forget to ask in the right forum...

Hal Levy
Web Developer, PDI Inc.

NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee

Oh for crap sake, is the question not clear enough? Bye bye to this forum.

mmcdonal

Well, this is a FEEDBACK forum... you gave feedback.. I am sure they will take it into account with future publishing.

Now if you have a TECHNICAL question- you should ask that in a technical forum. Perhaps one that indicates the language your working in?

Your question isn't even CLOSE to being detailed enough for us to give you any help. Are you working with VB.NET? C#? PHP? VB6? Java? VBScript? They all do it differently. Or would you like us to select a random language? Let us know what your trying to build and in what language and you will get help.

Be rude, and you won't.


Hal Levy
Web Developer, PDI Inc.

NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee

I am asking the Wrox people where the the material is in ANY of their "vb.net, vbscipt or vba" books that covers this topic AT ALL. If I knew what the code looked like, I would not need the discussion in their books. I have previously posted this question in the vbscript forum with details, while I have continued to research it elsewhere.

Do you or the other poster represent Wrox?

I have also previously responded to other user's posts where I felt competent, not to make mere observations on the users' tone or manners. I don't have enough time to do that. I would use the time to respond to technical quesitons instead.

mmcdonal

Not one person who has replied to your post have any representation of wrox. Those that do will make it clear when they do.

Again- you have not asked a technical question in this forum- so you won't get a technical answer.

I have now gone through every posting you have made.. and replied to every one.. including pointing out how you WERE answered- but just didn't like the answer.

I do not recall any book by any publisher that does in-depth work with multi-dimensioned arrays.


Hal Levy
Web Developer, PDI Inc.

NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee

BTW- I dissagree with your premise that the only use for an array is multi-dimensional. In fact, I think Arrays are mostly a waste of time and stick to "dictionaries" and other related "array like" datatypes in .NET



Hal Levy
Web Developer, PDI Inc.

NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee