[Gambas-user] Array decalarion

[Ron]

Benoît Minisini wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Why is method 1 of defining an array not allowed?
>> Method 2 is the only one working, but looks clumsy when you have a lot
>> of bytes.
>>
>> 1)
>> DIM b AS Byte[] = [&HF0,  &H30,  &HF0, &H30]
>>
>> The error is "Type mismatch: wanted Byte[], got Integer[] instead"
>>
>>     
>
> &HF0 is not a Byte, it is an Integer. You must do:
>
> DIM b AS Byte[] = [CByte(&HF0),  &H30,  &HF0, &H30]
>
> The type of the array created by the [ ... ] function is the type of the first 
> element.
>
>   

That syntax gives the following....
Type mismatch: wanted Byte[], got Variant[]

Only this seems to work...
DIM b AS Byte[] = [CByte(&HF0), CByte(&H30), CByte(&HF0), CByte(&H30)]

But that even more code, than method 2.

[OperatingSystem]
OperatingSystem=Linux
KernelRelease=2.6.28-15-generic
CPUArchitecture=x86_64
DistributionVendor=ubuntu
DistributionRelease="Ubuntu 9.04"

[Gambas]
Gambas1=Not Installed
Gambas2=2.16.0
Gambas2Path=/usr/local/bin/gbx2
Gambas3=Not Installed


Regards,
Ron_2nd.