Question

I am trying to split a string and take the split parts and assign them to variables. This works fine with the first variable but I cannot get the second variable to work.

For Each columnQuarter As DataColumn In dt.Columns
            Dim s As String = columnQuarter.ColumnName
            Dim words As String() = s.Split("-")
            Dim Year As String = words(0)
            Dim Quarter As String = words(1)
            Debug.WriteLine(Year)
            Debug.WriteLine(Quarter)

At line “Dim Quarter As String = words(1)” I get error code “IndexOutofRangeException was unhandled. Index was outside the bounds of the array.”

An example of a ColumnName would be 2012-Q1.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Here is the code that I use to add my columns to my dataTable. As you can see my first two columns do not contain “-“.

tickerColumn = New DataColumn("Ticker", Type.GetType("System.String"))
consistencyColumn = New DataColumn("Consistency", Type.GetType("System.Int32"))
dt.Columns.Add(tickerColumn)
dt.Columns.Add(consistencyColumn)

    With Me
        lr = Now.Year - 1901
        For i = 1 To lr
            column = New DataColumn
            column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32")
            column.ColumnName = Now.Year - i & "-Q4"
            dt.Columns.Add(column)

            column = New DataColumn
            column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32")
            column.ColumnName = Now.Year - i & "-Q3"
            dt.Columns.Add(column)

            column = New DataColumn
            column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32")
            column.ColumnName = Now.Year - i & "-Q2"
            dt.Columns.Add(column)

            column = New DataColumn
            column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32")
            column.ColumnName = Now.Year - i & "-Q1"
            dt.Columns.Add(column)
        Next i
    End With

Answer 1

Since your first two columns do NOT have the dash, try filtering them out:

For Each columnQuarter As DataColumn In dt.Columns
  Dim s As String = columnQuarter.ColumnName
    If s.Contains("-") Then
      Dim words As String() = s.Split("-")
      Dim Year As String = words(0)
      Dim Quarter As String = words(1)
      Debug.WriteLine(Year)
      Debug.WriteLine(Quarter)
    End If
Next