Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / m.chitramala

No We can't use redim to declare a new array. Redim is used
to resize the declared array

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / padma

M. chitramala is right. Redim is to resize the exiting
array variable.

sample:
Dim myarray() as string

Redim myarray(10)

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / pradeepa v

Redim is used to increase the dimension/size of the array.
Preserve keyword is used to hold the previous value of the
array.

ex: Redim Preserve a[20]

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / shetty

redim can only be used to increase/decrease the size of the
existing array.it cannot be used to create a new array.

srinivas shetty

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / ashok s bhosale

Redim can be Used Create New array of different length
eg
Dim arr() As Integer
ReDim arr(3)
arr(0) = 1
arr(1) = 2
arr(2) = 3

MsgBox arr(0) & ":" & arr(1) & ":" & arr(2)
'It Print 1,2,3

ReDim arr(4)

MsgBox arr(0) & ":" & arr(1) & ":" & arr(2) & ":" & arr(3)

it display 0,0,0,0
it reinitilize all element to 0 it means it create new Array

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / abdul khadeer

We can reinitialize the array by using REDIM but the
condition is before data, what ever the array is having
that is going to be deleted or reinitialized to zero.

So there is one solution for this:

For Example We can use the "Preserve" keyword with the
redim to reintialize the Array with old values still exists.

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / prasad

yes friends its right redim is used to resize the decalred
array realier in the program

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / kumari santosh

Yes, Using Redim statement the size is set at runtime.

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / kapil

Yes Redim Can be used to create a new array.
There is no need of the dim statement before using ReDim.

Following Code works :

Redim a(5) as int

a(0) = 3
debug.print a(0)

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Can Redim be used to declare a new array ?..

Answer / sb

if I redim an array and increase its size. will the
existing elements in the array be lost?

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