1. VBA Array-1 CS 105 Spring 2010 VBA Arrays What is an array? How can you identify an array by looking at the code? What is an element of an array and where is it stored? CS 105 Spring 2010

2. VBA Array-2 What can we do to avoid this? Dim strName0 As String Dim strName1 As String Dim strName2 As String Dim strName3 As String Dim strName4 As String Dim strName5 As String Dim strName6 As String Dim strName7 As String Dim strName8 As String Dim strName9 As String CS 105 Spring 2010

3. VBA Array-3 An array is a list of elements We can create an array! strName is the array name Dim strName(0 To 9) As String We are declaring 10 variables using shorthand. Their names are strName (0) strName (1) and so on Note we have to use the parentheses CS 105 Spring 2010

4. VBA Array-4 An array is –an organized list of variables that can contain values such as student names –individual variables in the array are called elements and are designated by a number also called an index or subscript Example: Dim strEmployee(1 To 50) As String Dim strStudent(0 To 25) As String Dim curBalance(10) As Currency (default is zero so it is 0 to 10) Dim intScore (1 to 860) As Integer

5. VBA Array-5 We can assign a value to an element in the array strName(0) = “Janet Baker” strName(1) = “George Lee” strName(2) = “Sue Li” strName(3) = “Sam Hoosier” strName(4) = “William Macy” … strName(2) holds the string “Sue Li” strName(2) is an element in the array CS 105 Spring 2010

6. VBA Array-6 intScore (1 to 50) location in memory intScore(1) intScore(2) intScore(3) intScore(4) intScore(5) intScore(6) intScore(7) intScore(8) intScore(9) intScore(...) …… intScore 50 Memory address 100002 100004 100006

7. VBA Array-7 Why use arrays? Loops work well with arrays Say we want to load a list of all our employees from a database We can do that by writing a loop that copies each employee name into a separate element of the array CS 105 Spring 2010

8. VBA Array-8 Displaying data stored in an array strEmployee(1) strEmployee(2) strEmployee(3) strEmployee(4) strEmployee(5) lblShow.Caption = lblShow.Caption & _ strEmployee(intCounter) & vbCrLf CS 105 Spring 2010

9. VBA Array-9 Notice an exciting/useful feature Dim strEmployee(1 To 20) As String (code) lblShow.Caption = lblShow.Caption & _ strEmployee(intCounter) & vbCrLf The index can be a variable, like intCounter, but it has to be in the range of the array, that is between 1 and 20 in this case CS 105 Spring 2010

10. VBA Array-10 Fill Array—Using Cells Notation Dim strEmployee(1 To 20) As String Dim intCounter As Integer intCounter = 1 lblShow.Caption = "" Do While intCounter <= 20 strEmployee(intCounter) = Range("A" & _ intCounter).Value lblShow.Caption = lblShow.Caption & _ strEmployee(intCounter) & vbCrLf intCounter = intCounter + 1 Loop CS 105 Spring 2010

11. VBA Array-11 Fill Array—Using Cells Notation Dim mintScores(0 To 200) As Integer Private Sub cmdMakeArray_Click() Dim intRow As Integer intRow = 1 Do While Cells(intRow, 1).Value <> "" mintScores(intRow) = Cells(intRow, 1).Value intRow = intRow + 1 Loop End Sub CS 105 Spring 2010

12. VBA Array-12 Show Array—Using Cells Notation Dim mintScores(0 To 200) As Integer Private Sub cmdShowArray_Click() Dim intRow As Integer intRow = 1 Do While Cells(intRow,1).Value <> "" Cells(intRow,7).Value = mintScores(intRow) intRow = intRow + 1 Loop End CS 105 Spring 2010

13. VBA Array-13 Reverse Array—Using Cells Notation Dim mintScores(0 to 200) As Integer Private Sub cmdReverse_Click() Dim intRow As Integer Dim intArray As Integer intArray = 15 intRow = 1 Do While intArray > 0 Cells (intRow, 8).Value = mintScores(intArray) intRow = intRow + 1 intArray = intArray - 1 Loop End Sub CS 105 Spring 2010

14. VBA Array-14 Best Golf Scores Do While Cells(intRow,1).Value <> “” intScores(intRow) = Cells(intRow,1).Value If intScores(intRow) < 69 Then intRunningTotal = intRunningTotal + 1 Cells(5,7).Value = intRunningTotal End If intRow = intRow + 1 Loop CS 105 Spring 2010

15. VBA Array-15 Two-dimensional Array What if you want to store numbers in a table, for example? The two-dimensional array is like a spreadsheet, with a “row” and “column” denoting each spot. So, each member in an array is noted by intArray(intRow, intColumn)

16. VBA Array-16 Create a two-dimensional array, storing the numbers in a table at their corresponding positions Dim intTable(1 to 2, 1 to 3) as Integer CS 105 Spring 2010

17. VBA Array-17 Dim mintTable(1 to 2, 1 to 3) as Integer For intRow = 1 to 2 For intColumn = 1 to 3 mintTable(intRow,intColumn)= _ Cells(intRow,intColumn).Value Next intColumn Next intRow Assigning values to the table

18. VBA Array-18 Dim mintTable(1 to 2, 1 to 3) as Integer For intRow = 1 to 2 For intColumn = 1 to 3 Cells(intRow,intColumn).Value = _ mintTable(intRow,intColumn) Next intColumn Next intRow Displaying values of the array CS 105 Spring 2010

19. VBA Array-19 Do you understand What an one-dimensional array is? What intScore(5) means? CS 105 Spring 2010