Getting a variable from string

[Paulos]

Hi,

I need to know how to get a variable name that is included in a string, eg. when I have a variable called Var1 and a string like this: "Var1".

Thanks.

[CaptainD]

Hi,

I need to know how to get a variable name that is included in a string, eg. when I have a variable called Var1 and a string like this: "Var1".

Thanks.

Your question is not clear. Do you mean, if you have string such as:

"My Name is Paulos"

and the code that created the string looks like this:

Dim sName as String
Dim sStringToView as String

sName = "Paulos"
sStringToView = "My Name is " & sName
MsgBox sStringToView

You want to extract sName from sStringToView?

[Paulos]

I can have the code like this:

dim ARR() as integer
dim str as string = "ARR"

And I want to get ARR from this string, but as an array, not string.

[CaptainD]

I can have the code like this:

dim ARR() as integer
dim str as string = "ARR"

And I want to get ARR from this string, but as an array, not string.

When you Dim str as String, VB allocates a space in memory to hold a single item. In the case above "ARR" and that is all. You can change the value of str but not change it's type. You can take it's value and add it to an array but the array has to be created at the time you dim it. I don't think you can convert a dim'd value that is not an array to an array,

At least that is my understanding.

[c0ldfyr3]

CallByName is your shining light.

[Paulos]

Yes, it is indeed. Thank you.