[AccessD] Treat string as array

...ah so ...I missed the spaces in your "C o l b y  C o n s u l t i n g" 
example :(

...so how about:

Dim strColby as String
Dim ByteArray() As Byte

strColby = "Colby Consulting"
ByteArray() = strColby

William

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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Treat string as array


> Split only works when the string contains "words" or delimited strings. 
> It
> does nothing if it is all one big string of characters.
>
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
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> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
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>
> ...Split(<string>)
> ...works in 2k+
> ...hth
>
> William
>
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> From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
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>
>>A for next iterator.
>>
>> Dim varChar as variant
>> For each varChar in arrSomeStr
>> Do something with varChar
>> Next varChar
>>
>> Much cleaner than
>>
>> Dim IntPtr
>> Dim varChar as variant
>> for intPtr <=len(strSomeStr)
>> varChar = mid(strsomestr,intprt,1)
>> So something with VarChar
>> next intprt
>>
>> They both work but...
>>
>> Strings are just pointers to an memory location on the heap.  Turning a
>> string into an array of characters SHOULD be a function call, optimized 
>> in
>> assembler to be blindingly fast.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> Colby Consulting
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin 
>> at
>> Beach Access Software
>> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 6:15 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Treat string as array
>>
>>
>> What do you need that you don't get from MID?
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>>
>>> How can I turn a string into an array?  I need to iterate through the
>>> characters of a string.
>>>
>>> For each char in str
>>>         dosomething char
>>> Next char
>>>
>>> John W. Colby
>>> Colby Consulting
>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>>
>>>
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