Array in an array

[madscijr]

There is a small error in the first code on the page. Thats how it works:

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'Assosziatives Array: https://jeff.win/qbhash/
'28. Feb. 2023

Type element
  tag As String * 10
  value As String * 10
End Type
Dim Shared aa(10) As element
Dim Shared aalast ' Last occupied AA() element

setvalue "foo", "bar"
Print getvalue$("foo") ' prints bar

End

Function getvalue$ (tag As String)
  tag = LTrim$(RTrim$(tag))
  tag = tag + String$(10 - Len(tag), " ")
  For i = 0 To aalast
    If (tag = aa(i).tag) Then
      getvalue$ = aa(i).value
      Exit Function
    End If
  Next
End Function

Sub setvalue (tag As String, value As String)
  aa(aalast).tag = tag
  aa(aalast).value = value
  aalast = aalast + 1
End Sub

One advantage of associative arrays didn't in moment become clear to me. Similar to a two-dimensional random access array. . . That's how I understood it.

Yes that can be quite useful in a lot of cases. 
I haven't had a chance to test that code sample - is it broken? 
Were you able to fix it? 
I can give it a look later, and provide better examples that I did run and were working (at least they were a year or two ago, LoL!)