VB.NET Empty String Array

Question

How can I create an empty one-dimensional string array?

Answer 1

Something like:

Dim myArray(9) as String

Would give you an array of 10 String references (each pointing to Nothing).

If you're not sure of the size at declaration time, you can declare a String array like this:

Dim myArray() as String

And then you can point it at a properly-sized array of Strings later:

ReDim myArray(9) as String

ZombieSheep is right about using a List if you don't know the total size and you need to dynamically populate it. In VB.NET that would be:

Dim myList as New List(Of String)
myList.Add("foo")
myList.Add("bar")

And then to get an array from that List:

myList.ToArray()

@Mark

Thanks for the correction.