Question

How to declare, initialize and use character array in VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System

Public Class Test
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim arr(5) As Char
        
        arr(0) = "x"c
        arr(1) = "a"c
        arr(2) = "c"c
        arr(3) = "y"c
        arr(4) = "z"c
        arr(5) = "w"c
         
        Console.WriteLine(arr)        
        Console.WriteLine(arr, 0, 3)
        Console.WriteLine(arr, 2, 2)
    End Sub
End Class



' run:
'
' xacyzw
' xac
' cy

 

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Answer 2

Imports System

Public Class Test
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim arr() As Char =  New Char() {"x", "a", "c", "y", "z", "w"}

        Console.WriteLine(arr)        
        Console.WriteLine(arr, 0, 3)
        Console.WriteLine(arr, 2, 2)
    End Sub
End Class



' run:
'
' xacyzw
' xac
' cy

 

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Answer 3

Imports System

Public Class Test
    Public Shared Sub Main()
       Dim arr(10) As Char

        For i As Integer = 0 To 10
            arr(i) = "*"
        Next

        Console.WriteLine(arr)        
        Console.WriteLine(arr, 0, 3)
    End Sub
End Class



' run:
'
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' ***

 

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