Need to reference a variable using the value stored in a string vb6

Question

I am looping through some code using a For loop. The iterative variable is "i". I have dimensioned the following variables prior to the For Loop. L1, L2, L3, L4 as strings. I want to reference these strings inside the For loop by somehow referring to "L" & char(i). So like a comparison of a value "Foo" <> "L" & Char(i), should result is testing "Foo" against the string stored in variable L1, when i=1. Or against L2 when i=2 and so on.

My previous programming experience is Visual FoxPro and all I had to do was prefix an & on the front of the string and it then referenced the variable whose name is stored in the string.

So if L1 stored "Bar", and I wanted to compare I could write &L1 == "Bar". I need to be able to do this with VB6. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

What you really want is an array, like this:

Dim L(3) As String  ''// index begins at 0, 4 total elements

For Each i As String In L
    If "Foo" <> i Then
        ''// ...
    End If
Next i

Answer 2

Instead of creating 4 variables, I would suggest that you create an array. Ex:

Dim L(1 To 4) As String

For i = 1 to 4
    L(i) = "Whatever"
Next

Answer 3

This works in a class (e.g. a VB Form):

Option Explicit

Public L1 As String
Public L2 As String
Public L3 As String
Public L4 As String

Sub Main()

  L1 = "Foo"
  L2 = "Bar"
  L3 = "Go"
  L4 = "Figure"

  Dim i As Long
  For i = 1 To 4
    Debug.Print CallByName(Me, "L" & CStr(i), VbGet)
  Next

End Sub