arbitrary number of arguments?

[jemminger]

Hello,

Is it possible to make a vbscript function that accepts an arbitrary number of arguments?

for example, in javascript you can make a function foo():
[tt]
function foo() {
for (x = 0; x < arguments.length; x++)
alert(&quot;argument[&quot; + x + &quot;] = &quot; + arguments[x]);
}
[/tt]
and call it with any number of arguments:
[tt]
foo();
foo('a');
foo('do','re','mi');
[/tt]

is there a vbscript equivalent?

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if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[Targol]

I don't think you can do it but that problem can be bypassed by a trick I used before :
1) store all the params you want in a single string separating them by &quot;|&quot;, &quot;#&quot;, or any char you ar sure not to find in them.
2) store the result string
- in an hidden input if your vbs runs under html or
- in a global variable if your vbs runs alone.
3) In the beginning of your function, use the &quot;split&quot; function to separate and count the parameters you received. Water is not bad as long as it stays out human body ;-)

 

[jemminger]

Hi Targol,

Thanks for the reply - I had the same idea just after posting this, and that's exactly how I ended up solving it.
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if (!succeed) try();
-jeff