Public Structure

[zulander@gmail.com]

Hi i have a Public Structure:

Public Structure MeterAccountNam e
Dim Meter As String
Dim Account_No As String
Dim xName As String
End Structure

is their a way to clear a structure without having to do the
fallowing:

MeterAccountNam e.Meter =""
MeterAccountNam e.Account =""
MeterAccountNam e.xName =""


Thank you

[zulander@gmail.com]

Re: Public Structure

Will this do :
MeterAccountNam e=nothing

zulander@gmail. com wrote:

Hi i have a Public Structure:
>
Public Structure MeterAccountNam e
Dim Meter As String
Dim Account_No As String
Dim xName As String
End Structure
>
is their a way to clear a structure without having to do the
fallowing:
>
MeterAccountNam e.Meter =""
MeterAccountNam e.Account =""
MeterAccountNam e.xName =""
>
>
Thank you

[Samuel Shulman]

Re: Public Structure

Perhaps you can create a method to do that or assign a new variable

ob = new MeterAccountNam e



<zulander@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1153136263 .423559.42950@s 13g2000cwa.goog legroups.com...

Hi i have a Public Structure:
>
Public Structure MeterAccountNam e
Dim Meter As String
Dim Account_No As String
Dim xName As String
End Structure
>
is their a way to clear a structure without having to do the
fallowing:
>
MeterAccountNam e.Meter =""
MeterAccountNam e.Account =""
MeterAccountNam e.xName =""
>
>
Thank you
>

[Samuel Shulman]

Re: Public Structure

no, that will mean that the object doesn't point to any area in the memory
an you will not be able to use this object until you assign it a New
MeterAccountNam e

view my other posting




<zulander@gmail .comwrote in message
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Will this do :
MeterAccountNam e=nothing
>
zulander@gmail. com wrote:

>Hi i have a Public Structure:
>>
> Public Structure MeterAccountNam e
> Dim Meter As String
> Dim Account_No As String
> Dim xName As String
> End Structure
>>
>is their a way to clear a structure without having to do the
>fallowing:
>>
>MeterAccountNa me.Meter =""
>MeterAccountNa me.Account =""
>MeterAccountNa me.xName =""
>>
>>
>Thank you

>

[Patrice]

Re: Public Structure

Actually both are working in VB 2005, but I'm not a big fan of using Nothing
as this is really not the same semantic than for objects. I prefer New but
I'm not yet totally convinced as this is not really something "new".

The third option which I tried would be to create a shared readonly "Empty"
property that returns an empty structure. This way you would just write :

MyStruct=MeterA ccountName.Empt y

(I thought also about a clear method but i could be easy to add a field and
forgot to reset it).

--
Patrice

"Samuel Shulman" <samuel.shulman @ntlworld.coma écrit dans le message de
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Perhaps you can create a method to do that or assign a new variable
>
ob = new MeterAccountNam e
>
>
>
<zulander@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1153136263 .423559.42950@s 13g2000cwa.goog legroups.com...

>Hi i have a Public Structure:
>>
> Public Structure MeterAccountNam e
> Dim Meter As String
> Dim Account_No As String
> Dim xName As String
> End Structure
>>
>is their a way to clear a structure without having to do the
>fallowing:
>>
>MeterAccountNa me.Meter =""
>MeterAccountNa me.Account =""
>MeterAccountNa me.xName =""
>>
>>
>Thank you
>>

>
>

[Claes Bergefall]

Re: Public Structure

Actually, setting it to Nothing will work in this case (much to my
surprise!) since it's a structure and not a class. You will only get away
with it in VB though. Trying the same thing in C# will give you a compiler
error ("Cannot convert null to '...' because it is a value type")

I would still recommend a separate method for it (like Clear or something).

/claes

"Samuel Shulman" <samuel.shulman @ntlworld.comwr ote in message
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no, that will mean that the object doesn't point to any area in the memory
an you will not be able to use this object until you assign it a New
MeterAccountNam e
>
view my other posting
>
>
>
>
<zulander@gmail .comwrote in message
news:1153138185 .209492.140580@ b28g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .

>Will this do :
>MeterAccountNa me=nothing
>>
>zulander@gmail. com wrote:

>>Hi i have a Public Structure:
>>>
>> Public Structure MeterAccountNam e
>> Dim Meter As String
>> Dim Account_No As String
>> Dim xName As String
>> End Structure
>>>
>>is their a way to clear a structure without having to do the
>>fallowing:
>>>
>>MeterAccountN ame.Meter =""
>>MeterAccountN ame.Account =""
>>MeterAccountN ame.xName =""
>>>
>>>
>>Thank you

>>

>
>

[Stanimir Stoyanov]

Re: Public Structure

"Claes Bergefall" wrote:

surprise!) since it's a structure and not a class. You will only get away
with it in VB though. Trying the same thing in C# will give you a compiler
error ("Cannot convert null to '...' because it is a value type")

In fact, this method works in C#, too, but only in the initial definition of
the variable. You do not have to explicitely assign null to it, though:

MyStruct msInst;
msInst.myField = value;
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Stanimir Stoyanov
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