REALbasic Tip: Create and loop through arrays with less code

[Geoff Perlman <geoff at realsoftware dot com>]

In REALbasic 5.5 we made it easier to create arrays in code. Rather 
than having to do this:
Dim months(11) as String
months(0) = "Jan"
months(1) = "Feb"

etc., now you can do this:

Dim months() as String
months = Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", 
"Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec")
And if you need to loop through an array, you can even do this:

  dim month as String
    for each month in Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", 
"Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec")
    next

As you can see, the array function can save many lines of code and make 
your code easier to read.
He doesn't know it, but this tip was inspired by Will Leshner and 
suggested by Matt Quagliana.
--
Geoff Perlman
President and CEO
REAL Software, Inc.

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