Can't create a variable in a while loop in VBScript?

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This code causes an error for me:

i = 0
Set colors = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
Do While i < 7
    If True Then
        Dim a(1)
        a(0) = "go"
        a(1)  = "tRY"
        colors.Add "space", a
    End If
    i = i + 2
Loop

I'm not too sure why. I need to do something similar, where I initialize a dictionary with one array for each key, but the while loop seems to be messing it up. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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– Ken White, Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 22:01

Bond · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-18 21:54:07Z

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Once you've dimmed an array, it cannot be dimmed again. It can, however, be ReDimed. Dim it outside the loop. If you want to clear the array during each loop, you can do one of the following:

ReDim a(1)    ' ReDim without 'Preserve' will clear the array
' or
Erase a

answered Jun 18, 2014 at 21:54

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