VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

Choose Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction

Synopsis

Choose(index, item_1[,item_2, ...[, item_n]])

index required; Single

An expression that evaluates to the (1-based) index of the object to choose from the list

item_1-item_n required; any

A comma-delimited list of values from which to choose, or a ParamArray containing values from which to choose

Named Arguments

No

Return Value

The object chosen from the list

Description

Programmatically selects an object from a predefined list of objects (which are passed as parameters to the function) based on its ordinal position in the list. Using Choose is a simpler alternative to populating an array with fixed values.