Beginner vba question

[West Man]

Beginner at VBA. I have a string variable named Result and an array - Dim myarray(1 To 56) As Integer.

1. Can I load the string (56 characters) into the array (with each character of the string resulting as an element) as simply as myarray = result

2. What is the best way to sum the elements of the array - they will be only ones and zeros

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Beginner at VBA. I have a string variable named Result and an array - Dim myarray(1 To 56) As Integer.

1. Can I load the string (56 characters) into the array (with each character of the string resulting as an element) as simply as myarray = result

2. What is the best way to sum the elements of the array - they will be only ones and zeros

If you have a string of ones and zeroes, and you want a count of how many ones and zeroes there are, then no array is needed...

S = "11010101101010110100101000101011010101101010110100101010"
NumberOfOnes = Len(Replace(S,"0",""))
NumberOfZeroes = Len(Replace(S,"1",""))

 

[RoryA]

No. You can load a string into a byte array in one pass but it will contain the character codes, not the literal text. Or, if the string is delimited in some way you can use split but the resultant array will be a String array not Integer. For so few elements I'd just loop or try and alter the method of creating the string in the first place to create an array instead.

 

[West Man]

Very helpful answers. Thanks to all