[libreoffice-users] Basic Macro – Copy array of custom type

Hi!
As we know by now, in LibreOffice Basic we can not copy an array directly,
we will only get a new name for the same array. It's like assigning two
array pointers to the same array. The obvious way to copy an array is to do
it element by element in a loop, but there is a workaround. Here's an
example that works:




















*Option ExplicitSub Test1    Dim A(9) As Long    Dim i As Integer'
Initialise a:    For i=0 To 9        A(i)=i    Next i'   Copy A to B:
Dim B(9) As Long: B=A    ReDim Preserve B(9)'   Do some changes to B
without affecting A:    B(7)=A(3)    B(3)=A(7)*
*'   Display the results:*







*    Dim Message As String, Tab As String, NL As String, Spc As String
Tab=Chr(9): NL=Chr(13): Spc="  "    Message="i" & Tab & "A(i)" & Tab &
"B(i)" & NL    For i=0 To 9        Message=Message & i & Tab & Spc & A(i) &
Tab & Spc & B(i) & NL    Next i    MsgBox MessageEnd Sub*

So, the trick in this case is to first assign B to A, then running the
ReDim statement. After that we have two separate arrays.

However, I want to do this with a custom type, like so:



*Private Type NumberType    Value    As Long    Status   As BooleanEnd Type*















*Sub Test2    Dim A(9) As NumberType    Dim i As Integer'    Initialise
a.    For i=0 To 9        A(i).Value=i        A(i).Status=True    Next
i'    Copy A to B    Dim B(9) As NumberType: B=A ' ”Basic runtime error:
Object required.”    ReDim Preserve B(9)End Sub*

This will throw a runtime error at *B=A* at third line from the end: ”Basic
runtime error: Object required”. What am I missing? How to do this properly?


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg

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