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aspiringCoder
aspiringCoder

Reputation: 415

accessing variable from within a different sub

I have this, 

Public Class posData
    Public Property strLabel As String
    Public Property strX As String
    Public Property strY As String
    Public Property blnAvail As Boolean

    Public Sub New(ByVal strLabelID As String, ByVal X As Integer, ByVal Y As Integer)
        Me.strLabel = strLabelID
        ' Format = "<PinX F='53mm'></PinX>", "<PinY F='204mm'></PinY>"
        Me.strX = "<PinX F='" & X.ToString & "mm'></PinX>"
        Me.strY = "<PinY F='" & Y.ToString & "mm'></PinY>"
        Me.blnAvail = True
    End Sub

End Class

Im utilzing this within another sub to build a list called PosList.. 

Public Sub SetUpCoords(ByRef PosList As HashSet(Of posData))
    Dim a1 As New posData("a1", X_coords(0), Y_coords(0))
    Dim a2 As New posData("a2", X_coords(1), Y_coords(0)) 
    Dim a3 As New posData("a3", X_coords(2), Y_coords(0))

and so on and so on, however i want to call this method and populate the list in my button click sub so i have added this in my button click event.

 Dim MyPosList As New HashSet(Of posData)
 SetUpCoords(MyPosList)

then i want to loop through all the objects within my list so i have a for each position in posList, inside this is where the problem occurs, i want to be able to write something like this, a1.blnavail, this is not happening however, i know i can use position.blnavail but i need to hardcode the position for my logic to work correctly, what am i doing wrong?

thanks :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 516

Answers (1)

David Osborne
David Osborne

Reputation: 6821

Couldn't you use another data structure, like a Dictionary, that uses a key? You could then key each item with a1 etc. and access the items in a for loop using the key.

Upvotes: 1

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