VB.NET How to declare new empty array of known length

Question

Is there a way in VB.NET to declare an array, and later initialize it to a known length in the code? In other words, I'm looking for the VB.NET equivalent of the following C#.NET code:

string[] dest; // more code here dest = new string[src.Length]; 

I tried this in VB, and it didn't work.

Dim dest() as string ' more code here dest = New String(src.Length) 

What am I missing?

NOTE: I can confirm that

Dim dest(src.Length) as string 

works, but is not what I want, since I'm looking to separate the declaration and initialization of the array.

Answer 1

The syntax of VB.NET in such a case is a little different. The equivalent of

string[] dest; // more code here dest = new string[src.Length]; 

is

Dim dest As String() ' more code here dest = New String(src.Length - 1) {}