Runtime Error 13: Type-Mismatch

[Juggler_IN]

Hi,

I have a code from Stackexchange, which is giving a runtime error 13 with 2 of the 3 supporting examples. And, I have not been able to decode why. Sub Example 3 executes but Sub Example 1 and Sub Example 2 fail.

Need help in getting it rectified.

Function MultiSplitX(ByVal SourceText As String, RemoveBlankItems As Boolean, ParamArray Delimiters()) As String()
    Dim a As Integer, b As Integer, n As Integer
    Dim i As Integer: i = 251
    Dim u As Variant, v As Variant
    Dim tempArr() As String, finalArr() As String, fDelimiters() 'As String


    If InStr(TypeName(Delimiters(0)), "()") <> 0 And LBound(Delimiters) = UBound(Delimiters) Then
        ReDim fDelimiters(LBound(Delimiters(0)) To UBound(Delimiters(0))) 'If passing array vs array items then
        For a = LBound(Delimiters(0)) To UBound(Delimiters(0))            'build that array
            fDelimiters(a) = Delimiters(0)(a)
        Next a
    Else
        fDelimiters = Delimiters(0)
    End If


    Do While InStr(SourceText, Chr(i)) <> 0 And i < 251 'Find an unused character
        i = i + 1
    Loop
    If i = 251 Then 'If no unused character in SourceText, use single character delimiter from supplied
        For a = LBound(fDelimiters) To UBound(fDelimiters)
            If Len(fDelimiters(a)) = 1 Then i = Asc(fDelimiters(a))
        Next a
    End If
    If i = 251 Then 'If no single character delimiters can be used, error.
        MsgBox "SourceText uses all character type." & vbCrLf & "Cannot split SourceText into an array.", _
            vbCritical, "MultiSplitX Run-Time Error"
        Exit Function
    End If
    Debug.Print i




    For a = LBound(fDelimiters) To UBound(fDelimiters) 'Sort Delimiters by length
        For b = a + 1 To UBound(fDelimiters)
            If Len(fDelimiters(a)) < Len(fDelimiters(b)) Then
                u = fDelimiters(b)
                fDelimiters(b) = fDelimiters(a)
                fDelimiters(a) = u
            End If
        Next b
    Next a


    For Each v In fDelimiters 'Replace Delimiters with a common character
        SourceText = Replace(SourceText, v, Chr(i))
    Next


    tempArr() = Split(SourceText, Chr(i)) 'Remove empty array items
    If RemoveBlankItems = True Then
        ReDim finalArr(LBound(tempArr) To UBound(tempArr))
        n = LBound(tempArr)
        For i = LBound(tempArr) To UBound(tempArr)
            If tempArr(i) <> "" Then
                finalArr(n) = tempArr(i)
                n = n + 1
            End If
        Next i
        n = n - 1
        ReDim Preserve finalArr(LBound(tempArr) To n)


        MultiSplitX = finalArr
    Else: MultiSplitX = tempArr
    End If
End Function
Sub Example1()
    Dim myString As String, c, n


    n = 0
    myString = "The,Quickupside-downBrownjelloFox_Jumped[Over]             ThegiantLazyjelloDog"


    For Each c In MultiSplitX(myString, True, ",", "-", "upside-down", "jello", " ", "[", "]", "giant", "_")
        Debug.Print "(" & n & ") = " & c
        n = n + 1
    Next c
End Sub
Sub Example2()
    Dim myString As String, c, n


    n = 0
    myString = "The,Quickupside-downBrownjelloFox_Jumped[Over]             ThegiantLazyjelloDog"


    For Each c In MultiSplitX(myString, True, ",", "-", "upside-down", "jello", " ", "[", "]", "giant", "_")
        Debug.Print "(" & n & ") = " & c
        n = n + 1
    Next c
    Debug.Print myString
End Sub
Sub Example3()
    Dim myString As String, c, n
    Dim myDelimiters As String


    n = 0
    myString = "The,Quickupside-downBrownjelloFox_Jumped[Over]             ThegiantLazyjelloDog"
    myDelimiters = ",|-|upside-down|jello| |[|]|giant|_"


    For Each c In MultiSplitX(myString, True, Split(myDelimiters, "|"))
        Debug.Print "(" & n & ") = " & c
        n = n + 1
    Next c
    Debug.Print myString
End Sub

 

[RoryA]

You've declared fDelimiters as an array, but in examples 1 and 2, Delimiters(0) is not an array, it's a string, so this will fail with a type mismatch:

fDelimiters = Delimiters(0)

 

[Fluff]

The function is expecting an array for the last argument, not a load of strings, try

    For Each c In MultiSplitX(myString, True, Array(",", "-", "upside-down", "jello", " ", "[", "]", "giant", "_"))