In Visual Basic 2005, I am trying to create a sub in a class that takes an optional string(). However, I am unable to figure out how to set the default value. I have already tried:
Public Sub getData(Optional ByVal postData() as String = {"", ""})
However, I get an expression required error at the {. Also, I tried the New String(), but then I get the error saying it must be a constant. What am I missing
Thanks.
Passing Optional Arrays to a Sub
Padmaja T Chavali
You can indeed have an array as an optional parameter - you just need to alter that slightly:
Public
Sub getData(Optional ByVal postData() As String = Nothing)David Anton
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Teo97917
Optional Pararmeters require a constant and as a constant cannot be declared as an array you can't do this.
Why not use an overloaded function -
Private Sub GeData(ByVal postData As String())
' my work
End Sub
Private Sub GeData()
Dim strings() As String = {"", ""}
Me.GeData(Strings)
End Sub
Tomys
Heinz Krug
As per David's post
It turns out that I am incorrect.
Declaring the parameter with a default value of nothing will suffice. However, you cannot pass a default array of values.