another VB6 Noob Q: fill array at declaration

[wolf99]

Hi

In case you didnt see my last post I am a total noob to VB (as in havnt got much of a clue) and would really appreciate a quick tip on this one.

I am delcaring a array, "lookUp"

Dim lookUp() As String

and would like to populate the array at this point so tried

Dim lookUp() As String '= New String(){"1", "2", "3"}

but no joy. I tried messing around with several combinations of this but still nothing
Is this possible to do in VBsix? (just found out char does not exist so am beginning to doubt a lot of things )
thanks

[Valmont]

Stop trying because you can't in - VB 6.

Filling an array at declaration time is called initializing.
Initializing arrays is supported by the newer VB .NET and .NET 2.0 only.

[cspoon]

Post is a bit old, but Ill throw in 2c (if it helps).
You can't fill at declaration, but Form_Load should be as effective unless
you dont have a form..

Dim myString(1 To 3) As String

Private Sub Form_Load()
myString(1) = "blah1"
myString(2) = "blah2"
myString(3) = "blah3"
End Sub

If you dont need to change the values, you could try constants (not an array) ;

Private Enum myInt
one& = 1
two& = 2
three& = 500
End Enum

myInt.one would return 1.

hth