- The Fundamentals of VBScript
- VBScript Versus VB
- Creating Variables in VBScript
- Concatenating Strings
- Arrays and Loops
- Resizing Arrays
- Inequality Operators
- Conditional Statements
- Select Case Statements
- Sub
- Function
- Working with Arguments
- Beware of Types
- Event Procedure Naming Syntax
- Server-Side Events
- Local Variables
- Script-Level Variables
Resizing Arrays
If you want to resize an array, you use the ReDim <keyword>. Please be advised that you can resize an array only if it has been created without declaring any elements in the array.
If you find that you need to continually re-dimension a given array, you use the Preserve <keyword> to keep the data in the array intact. If you do not use the Preserve <keyword>, all the data in the array will be removed.
Listing 3.7 shows you how to create an array, Stooges, resize it to accommodate three elements, then resize it again to accommodate an added element, while maintaining the data associated with the three previous elements.
Listing 3.7: Using the ReDim Statement (03asp07.htm)
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript>
Sub button1_OnClick()
Dim Stooges()
Dim i
Dim OutStr
Redim Preserve Stooges(2)
Stooges(0) = "Moe"
Stooges(1) = "Larry"
Stooges(2) = "Curly"
Redim Preserve Stooges(3)
Stooges(3) = "Shemp"
For i = 0 to UBound(Stooges)
OutStr = OutStr + ": " + Stooges(i)
text1.value = OutStr
Next
End Sub
</SCRIPT>
Figure 3.6 shows the output from Listing 3.7.
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Figure 3.6 The output from a re-dimensioned array.
Now that you have an understanding as to how to declare variables and arrays, let's learn how to use them to make statements.
A statement, also known as an expression, is an instruction that you create using VBScript, or any other language for that matter. You can create statements that assign a value to a variable. You can create statements that perform mathematical operations using variables. You can create statements that execute other statements, and so forth.
VBScript requires that a complete statement be written on a single line. If you do need to extend a statement over multiple lines, you can use the underscore character _ , which VBScript interprets as the line continuation character. For example, both of the statements in Listing 3.8 are valid.
Listing 3.8: The Line Continuation Character _ (03asp08.htm)
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript>
Dim y
Dim s
s = (y + y) + (y + 1 + y + 1) + (y + 2 + y + 2)
s = (y + y) + (y + 1 + y + 1) + _
(y + 2 + y + 2)
Alert s
</SCRIPT>
Caution
You cannot use the line continuation character to break up a string within the quotation marks.
This will error:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript>
Dim s
s = "I am an erroneously _
extended string"
</SCRIPT>
If you want to extend a string over two lines, you must truncate the string first, as follows:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript>
Dim s
s = "I am a properly" & _
"extended string"
</SCRIPT>Using Math Operators
VBScript supports the usual math operators. Table 3.2 shows you the math operators, with an example for each.
Table 3.2: VBScript Simple Math Operators
|
Operator |
Description |
Example |
|
+ |
Addition |
t = r + s |
|
- |
Subtraction |
t = r -s |
|
* |
Multiplication |
t = r * s |
|
/ |
Floating point division |
t = r / s |
|
^ |
Exponent |
t = 2 ^ 3 (t evaluates to 8) |
|
mod |
Remainder |
t = 3 mod 1 -(t evaluates to 1, the remainder of 3 divided by 2) |