Re-initializing an Unbounded Array

Suppose that you have been filling an array with values. Now you want to reinitialize the array to its original empty state. PowerBuilder doesn’t have an explicit function to help re-initialize the array, so you have to do it manually as described below.

Declare a dummy array of the same type. Never put any values into this array. When you want to re-initialize your "working array", assign it to the value of the empty array. This will clear out the "working" array and make the UpperBound function return the correct value (zero). See sample code below:

string ls_EmptyArray[]
string ls_NameArray[]

ls_NameArray[1] = "James"
... more work ...

// empty out Name Array
ls_NameArray = ls_EmptyArray