Create an array which contains all characters

[juggernot]

I'm trying to create an array which contains all characters on the keyboard, though I'm saving them as strings. Something is wrong with my declaration of the array, but I don't know what. I'm not finished yet.

Dim chararray() As String = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z","`","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","0","~","!","@","#","$","%","^","&","*","(",")","_","+","[","]","\","{","}","|",";","'",":","""}

My error says that vb.net is expecting a bracket or a brace, It's difficult for me to read the small text, and it is underlining the end of my statement.

 

[Administrator]

You're working too hard!

Dim Alphabet As String "ABCDEF..."

Then use Alphabet.ToCharArray

See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ezftk57x(VS.80).aspx

 

[JohnH]

To get the ASCII printable characters range 32-126 you can also loop:

Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder
For i As Integer = 32 To 126
    sb.Append(Convert.ToChar(i))
Next
Dim chars() As Char = sb.ToString.ToCharArray

 

[juggernot]

Thank you, you've both been very helpful. I found out what was wrong with my code, apparently when you are making a string, you cannot contain a quotation within quotations as I did. eg : """
However, I'm probably going to do it Johnh's way. Thanks for showing me the .tochararray function though Neal.

 

[JohnH]

If you need to put a quote character in the quoted string you must use two quotes, eg:

Dim s As String = "Someone said ""hello"" and yawned."