Array question

Been a while since i did vb6 stuff

with a string array, is it possible to show the whole array at once?
ie:

Dim j(2) as string

j(0) = "h"
j(1) = "e"
j(3) = "y"

msgbox j

Yields an error, but i would like it to show "hey" - also, this is an inefficient way, as i assume each element of the array might be occupying the amount of memory a string does. any such way to do a character? Maybe byte?

Dim arra(2) As Byte

arra(0) = 97
arra(1) = 98
arra(2) = 99

Dim i As String

Dim k As Integer


For k = 0 To UBound(arra)
i = i & Chr(arra(k))
Next k

MsgBox i


Thats the best way i can think of it. any suggestions?

See the join() function.

You can also put data into the array a little easier too.


arra(0) = asc("a")
arra(1) = asc("b")
arra(2) = asc("c")


Or event better

dim temp as string
Dim arra() As Byte
temp="this is your text"
arra()=strconv(temp,vbfromunicode)


I actually get an error when using the join() function to put it all back together though. The following code joins it together with no errors.

msgbox strconv(arra(),vbunicode)

..because you are using bytes, not strings.

Ahh yes. He changed to bytes in his second post. Join will work perfect on the origional post