Working with Arrays and Array Elements

This section discusses the sorting of arrays, putting or getting an array value, and other actions on arrays and array elements.

In This Section

• How to: Put a Value into an Array
  Shows how to store values in array elements.

• How to: Get a Value from an Array
  Discusses how to retrieve values from array elements.

• How to: Locate an Element in an Array in Visual Basic
  Explains how to find a particular element in an array.

• How to: Reverse the Contents of An Array in Visual Basic
  Describes how to reverse the order of the elements of an array.

• How to: Sort An Array in Visual Basic
  Shows how to sort the elements of an array alphabetically.

• How to: Assign One Array to Another Array
  Describes the rules and steps for assigning an array to another array variable.

• How to: Change an Array to a Different Array
  Discusses what changes are possible and how to accomplish them.

• How to: Pass an Array to a Procedure or Property
  Explains how to pass an array as an argument to a procedure or property.

• How to: Return an Array from a Procedure or Property
  Describes how to return an array to the code that calls a procedure or property.

Reference

• Dim Statement (Visual Basic)
  Declares and allocates storage space for one or more variables.

• System.Array
  Provides methods for creating, manipulating, searching, and sorting arrays, thereby serving as the base class for all arrays in the common language runtime.

Related Sections

• Troubleshooting Arrays
  Discusses some common problems that arise when working with arrays.

• Arrays in Visual Basic
  Discusses making your code more compact and powerful by declaring and using arrays.