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<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

File: Default.aspx.vb

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Public Class Person
    Implements IComparable
    Dim FirstName As String
    Dim LastName As String

    Public Sub New(ByVal First As String, ByVal Last As String)
        FirstName = First
        LastName = Last
    End Sub

    Public ReadOnly Property FullName() As String
        Get
            Return FirstName & " " & LastName
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Function CompareTo(ByVal obj As Object) _
        As Integer Implements IComparable.CompareTo

        If Not TypeOf (obj) Is Person Then
            Throw New ArgumentException("Object is not a Person!")
        End If

        Dim p2 As Person = CType(obj, Person)
        Dim lastNameResult As Integer = Me.LastName.CompareTo(p2.LastName)

        If lastNameResult = 0 Then
            Dim firstNameResult As Integer = Me.FirstName.CompareTo(p2.FirstName)
            Return firstNameResult
        Else
            Return lastNameResult
        End If
    End Function

End Class

Partial Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, _
            ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        Dim scott As New Person("A", "B")
        Dim bill As New Person("C", "D")
        Dim srini As New Person("E", "F")

        Dim people() As Person = {bill, scott, srini}

        Dim indexOfC As Integer = Array.IndexOf(people, bill)
        Response.Write("C is at " & indexOfC & "<BR/>")

        Dim indexOfA As Integer = Array.IndexOf(people, scott)
        Response.Write("A is at " & indexOfA & "<BR/>")

        Dim scott2 As New Person("A", "B")
        Dim indexOfA2 As Integer = Array.IndexOf(people, scott2)
        Response.Write("A #2 is at " & indexOfA2 & "<BR/>")

        Dim indexOfEquivalentA As Integer = Array.BinarySearch(people, scott2)
        Response.Write("An Equivalent A is at " & indexOfEquivalentA & "<BR/>")
    End Sub
End Class








7.1.Array
7.1.1.Define and use array in asp.net page (VB)
7.1.2.Define and use array in asp.net page (C#)
7.1.3.Looking for an object in an array by reference (C#)
7.1.4.Looking for an object in an array by reference (VB)
7.1.5.Searching for a object in an array by reference (C#)
7.1.6.Searching for a object in an array by reference (VB)
7.1.7.Searching for an equivalent object with Array.BinarySearch (C#)
7.1.8.Searching for an equivalent object with Array.BinarySearch (VB)
7.1.9.Sorting arrays of Person (C#)
7.1.10.Sorting arrays of Person (VB)
7.1.11.Array with custom objects
7.1.12.Array binding