By definition, an array is a list of variables, all with the same name and data type. We only need to use one variable,when we work with a single item. However, if we have a list of items which are of similar type to deal with and then we need to declare an array of variables instead of using a variable for each item. For example, if we need to enter one hundred names, instead of declaring one hundred different variables, we need to declare only one array and we differentiate each item in the array by using subscript, the index value of each item, for example name(1), name(2),name(3) .......etc.

We could use Public or Dim statement to declare an array just as the way we declare a single variable. The Public statement declares an array that can be used throughout an application while the Dim statement declare an array that could be used only in a local procedure.

The general format to declare an array is as follow:

where subs indicates that the last subscript in the array

declares an array that consists of the ends at Count(500) and first element starting from Count(100)

The above program displays the entries in the form itself and accepts data entry through an input box. As you can see, this program will only allows a user to enter 10 names each time he click on the start button and the interface of the above program is as follows:

The above program accepts data entries through an InputBox and displays the items in the form of a list box.