How to pass an array to a function in VBA?

Question

I am trying to write a function that accepts an array as an argument. The array can have any number of elements.

Function processArr(Arr() As Variant) As String
         


        

Answer 1

Your function worked for me after changing its declaration to this ...

Function processArr(Arr As Variant) As String

You could also consider a ParamArray like this ...

Function processArr(ParamArray Arr() As Variant) As String
    'Dim N As Variant
    Dim N As Long
    Dim finalStr As String
    For N = LBound(Arr) To UBound(Arr)
        finalStr = finalStr & Arr(N)
    Next N
    processArr = finalStr
End Function

And then call the function like this ...

processArr("foo", "bar")

Answer 2

This seems unnecessary, but VBA is a strange place. If you declare an array variable, then set it using Array() then pass the variable into your function, VBA will be happy.

Sub test()
    Dim fString As String
    Dim arr() As Variant
    arr = Array("foo", "bar")
    fString = processArr(arr)
End Sub

Also your function processArr() could be written as:

Function processArr(arr() As Variant) As String
    processArr = Replace(Join(arr()), " ", "")
End Function

If you are into the whole brevity thing.