Description:
Reinitializes the elements of fixed-size array and deallocates dynamic-array storage space .
Syntax:
Erase array
The array argument is the name of the array variable to be erased.
Note:
It is important to know whether an array is fixed-size (ordinary) or dynamic because statement behaves differently depending on the type of array.
Erase recovers no memory for fixed-size arrays.
Erase sets the elements of a fixed array as follows:
| Type of array | Effect of Erase on fixed-array elements |
|---|
| Fixed numeric array | Sets each element to zero. |
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| Fixed string array | Sets each element to empty string (""). |
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| objects | Sets each element to the special value Nothing |
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Erase frees the memory used by dynamic arrays. Before your program can refer to the dynamic array again, it must redeclare the array variable's dimensions using a
ReDim statement.
Example:
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Dim numArray(9), dynArray()
ReDim dynArray(9) 'Allocate storage space
Erase numArray 'Each element is reinitialized
Erase dynArray 'Free memory used by array