Variable arrays

Tutorial 10

§       Variable arrays

o      Group of variables that have the same name and the same datatype and are related in some way

o      Unique number called an INDEX is used to indicate which member(element) of the array you which to access

§       Refer to an element by name of array and its subscript

·       Dim students(10) as string

·       Dim intNum as integer

·        Student(1)

·        IntNum = 8

·        Student (intNum)

§         Dim {arrayname}( lower subscript to upper script) as {datatype}

§         If no lower limit given, default is Zero

o       Two dimensional arrays

§         Dim {arrayname}( lower subscript to upper script, lower subscript to upper script) as {datatype}

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