Re: Lessons for VB users

[Will Leshner <will dot leshner at gmail dot com>]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:18:54 -0600, William Squires
<wsquires at satx dot rr dot com> wrote:

> * To create an array with no initial size, Dim it for a size of -1.

Or, don't provide a bounds at all:

dim a() as Integer


> * Arrays passed into methods (a fancy word for a function or sub) are
> ByRef by default; any contents of the array can be modified by the
> called method, so watch out!

Actually, technically, arrays are passed ByVal by default. What's
being passed, though, is a *reference* to the array. That's true of
any object. If you use the ByRef keyword, then you are passing the
reference by-reference.

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