Constant Shared array in vb.net

Question

Is there a way to create a constant shared array? The ovbious way :

Shared Const GX() As String = {"GS", "GP"}

Is not working, it says you can't use shared and const together.

If you use only const it says you can't declare a contant array in a class.

Thanks in advance

you can create constant variable at application level and have access to that variable in any class inside your application — Epsil0neR, Nov 12 '13 at 09:39
If you already know the values to add in the array, why don't you use an `enumeration`? — Nadeem_MK, Nov 12 '13 at 09:40
Please, type `Const GX() As String` and read the error message you get. As suggested above, you can use an `Enum`; an array of constants goes against the basic `Const` rules. — varocarbas, Nov 12 '13 at 09:46

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '13 at 16:57

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I don't think it's possible. An alternative would be to use ReadOnly

Public Shared ReadOnly GX() As String = {"GS", "GP"}

answered Nov 12 '13 at 16:57

the_lotus

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '13 at 09:52

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Sadly, you are not able to use Arrays in constants...

See here for details...

answered Nov 12 '13 at 09:52

Martin Milan

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 12 '13 at 09:42

You cannot use the Shared modifier in a Const Statement (Visual Basic), but constants are implicitly shared. Similarly, you cannot declare a member of a module or an interface to be Shared, but they are implicitly shared. Read this MSDN Document. You can not use shared and constant in same time

Constant Shared array in vb.net

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