Multi-dimensional Arrays

[peter11]

Does anyone have any information on two dimensional arrays. I am using a tutorial and I frequently come across dim statements that use % after the variable name.
i.e. Dim ratx%(2, 2), raty%(2, 2), ratpos%(2, 2)

I am not sure what this does?

Thanks Pete

 

[peekay]

It says the variable you are declaring is an integer

PK Odendaal
pko@mweb.co.za

 

[RickSpr]

The "%" is called a "type specifier". It's a leftover from pre-Visual versions of Basic. The most familiar one is "$" for strings, which is retained on the names of certain string functions to distinguish them from versions that return Variants.

Type specifiers are considered archaic. It's hard to remember which one goes with which data type. With VB, Microsoft stopped inventing new type specifiers for new data types, so you can't even use them consistently. Rick Sprague