Count Property

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Description

Returns the number of items in a collection or Dictionary object.

Property type

Read-only property

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Property Count As Long

Example

The following code illustrates use of the Count property:

Item Count (JScript)
Item Count (Visual Basic)

function CountDemo()
{
   var a, d, i, s;                 // Create some variables.
   d = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.Dictionary");   
   d.Add ("a", "Athens");          // Add some keys and items.
   d.Add ("b", "Belgrade");
   d.Add ("c", "Cairo");
   a = (new VBArray(d.Keys()));    // Get the keys.
   s = "";
   for (i = 0; i < d.Count; i++)   //Iterate the dictionary.
   {
      s += a.getItem(i) + " - " + d(a.getItem(i)) + "<br>";
   }
   return(s);                      // Return the results.
}

Function ShowKeys
   Dim a, d, i, s   ' Create some variables.
   Set d = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
   d.Add "a", "Athens"   ' Add some keys and items.
   d.Add "b", "Belgrade"
   d.Add "c", "Cairo"
   a = d.Keys   ' Get the keys.
   For i = 0 To d.Count -1 ' Iterate the array.
      s = s & a(i) & "<BR>" ' Create return string.
   Next
   ShowKeys = s
End Function