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Erase Array Method

The Erase Array method erases the contents of a fixed array or frees the storage associated with a dynamic array. It does not return a value. The following table describes how it erases the contents of different element types.

Format

Erase Array[, Array]

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Example

The following example prompts the user for a list of item numbers to put into an array. If the user must start over, then it clears the array. For information about the Dim statement, see Declare Variable Statement:

Sub Button_Click
   Dim msgtext
   Dim inum(100) as Integer
   Dim x, count
   Dim newline
   newline = Chr(10)
   x = 1
   count = x
   inum(x) = 0
   Do
      inum(x) = x + 1
      If inum(x) = 99 then
         Erase inum()
         x = 0
      ElseIf inum(x) = 0 then
         Exit Do   
      End If
      x = x + 1
   Loop
   count = x-1
   msgtext = "You entered the following numbers:" & newline
   For x = 1 to count
      TheApplication.TraceOn "c:\temp\trace.txt", "Allocation", "All"
      TheApplication.Trace msgtext & inum(x) & newline
      Next x
End Sub