Name
Collection.Count Property
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Collection
Syntax
objectvariable
.Count
-
objectvariable
Use: Required
Data Type: Collection Object
Object variable referring to a Collection object
Description
Returns an Integer containing the number of members in the collection.
Rules at a Glance
Collections are 1-based; that is, the index of the first element of a collection is 1. In contrast, arrays are 0-based; the index of the first element of an array is 0.
Example
For i = 1 To colMyCollection.Count Set colSubCollection = colMyCollection.Item(CStr(i)) MsgBox colSubCollection.Item("Name") Set colSubCollection = Nothing Next i
Programming Tips and Gotchas
Because collections are 1-based, you can iterate the members of a
collection by using index values ranging from 1 to the value of
objectvariable
.Count
.
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