LBoundfunction

Returns the lower bound of an array's dimension

Syntax

Declare Function LBound ( array() As Any, ByVal dimension As Integer = 1 ) As Integer

Parameters

Return value

Returns the lower bound of an array's dimension.

Description

LBound returns the lowest value that can be used as an index into a particular dimension of an array.

Array dimensions are numbered from one (1) to n, where n is the total number of dimensions. If dimension is not specified, LBound will return the lower bound of the first dimension.

If dimension is zero (0), LBound returns 1, corresponding to the lower bound of the array dimensions 1..n. UBound returns n, the number of dimensions, in this case. This can be used to detect the array's number of dimensions.

For any other (non-zero) dimension values outside of the valid range 1..n, LBound returns 0. UBound returns -1 in this case. This can be used to detect whether a certain dimension exists in the array, and also works when used on an empty array which does not have any valid dimensions.

Thus, for empty dynamic arrays, we get:

• Lbound(array) = 0 and Ubound(array) = -1 (dimension 1 does not exist)
  
• Lbound(array, 0) = 1 and Ubound(array, 0) = 0 (zero dimensions)
  
• @array(Lbound(array)) = 0 (no data buffer allocated) - Note: No longer supported since fbc 1.20.0
  
  

Remarks

Usage


result = LBound( array [, dimension ] )


See also

• UBound
  
• Static
  
• Dim
  
• ReDim
  
  

Example

Dim array(-10 To 10, 5 To 15, 1 To 2) As Integer



Print LBound(array) 'returns -10

Print LBound(array, 2) 'returns 5

Print LBound(array, 3) 'returns 1

Reference

• Documented in KeyPgLbound.html