Vb.net Pointers

Question

What is the most similar thing in vb.net to a pointer, meaning like C poinetrs?

I have a TreeView within a class. I need to expose some specific nodes (or leaves) th

Answer 1

Best way to do it is to just allocate everything manually:

You can move up OR down each Stack at free will without Pushing or Popping.

Dim Stack(4095) as Byte    'for 8bit   - 1 bytes each entry
Dim Stack(4095) as Integer 'for 16bit  - 2 bytes each entry
Dim Stack(4095) as Long    'for 32bit  - 4 bytes each entry
Dim Stack(4095) as Double  'for 64 bit - 8 bytes each entry

Dim i as integer           'Where i is your Stack Pointer(0 through 4095)
Dim int as integer         'Byte Integer Long or Double  (8, 16, 32, 64 bit)

for i = 0 to 4095

    int = i

    Stack(i) = int/256                         'For 8bit  Byte
    Stack(i) = int                             'For 16bit Integer
    Stack(i) = Microsoft.VisualBasic.MKL$(int) 'For 32bit Long
    Stack(i) = Microsoft.VisualBasic.MKD$(int) 'For 64bit Double

    MsgBox(Microsoft.VisualBasic.HEX$(Stack(i))) 'To See Bitwise Length Per Entry

next i