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I have a column of paths:
C:\Series1\Season1\Ep1
C:\Series1\Season2\Ep1
C:\Series2\Season1\Ep1
C:\Series2\Season2\Ep1
C:\Series3\Season1\Ep1
I now want to split the array into a multidimensional one, so it looks like this in the end:
+---+----+---------+---------+-----+
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+---+----+---------+---------+-----+
| 1 | C: | Series1 | Season1 | Ep1 |
| 2 | C: | Series1 | Season2 | Ep1 |
| 3 | C: | Series2 | Season1 | Ep1 |
| 4 | C: | Series2 | Season2 | Ep1 |
| 5 | C: | Series3 | Season1 | Ep1 |
+---+----+---------+---------+-----+
I then have a function called unique(checkArray) that checks the number of unique values in an array. I want to have this function check every column 1 by 1.
Debug.Print uniqueValues(Column1)
Debug.Print uniqueValues(Column2)
Debug.Print uniqueValues(Column3)
Debug.Print uniqueValues(Column4)
How do I get the array into that formation and then checked?

Answer 1

Sub SplitMe()
Dim values As Variant
values = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:A5")
If Not IsArray(values) Then _
Exit Sub
Dim r As Integer
Dim parts As Variant
Dim partsMaxLenght As Integer
Dim splitted As Variant
ReDim splitted(LBound(values) To UBound(values))
For r = LBound(values) To UBound(values)
parts = VBA.Split(values(r, 1), "\")
' Split always returns zero based array so parts is zero based array
If UBound(parts) + 1 > partsMaxLenght Then _
partsMaxLenght = UBound(parts) + 1
splitted(r) = parts
Next r
Dim matrix As Variant
Dim c As Integer
ReDim matrix(LBound(splitted) To partsMaxLenght, LBound(splitted) To UBound(splitted))
For r = LBound(splitted) To UBound(splitted)
parts = splitted(r)
For c = 0 To UBound(parts)
matrix(c + 1, r) = parts(c)
Next c
Next r
uniqueValues matrix
End Sub
Private Sub uniqueValues(matrix As Variant)
Dim r, c
For r = LBound(matrix, 1) To UBound(matrix, 1)
For c = LBound(matrix, 2) To UBound(matrix, 2)
Debug.Print matrix(r, c)
Next c
Next r
End Sub
Output:
C:
D:
E:
F:
H:
etc.

Answer 2

You would reference the array the same way you'd reference fields in a table. Like tables, arrays are also zero-based (meaning, the first column is referenced as 0 instead of 1). So, if your array is called MyArray, you would be doing something like:
Debug.Print MyArray(0)
Debug.Print MyArray(1)
Debug.Print MyArray(2)
Debug.Print MyArray(3)
Don't forget that you first have to Dim your array. If you know how many columns it has, you can explicitly Dim it like so:
Dim MyArray(0 to 3) As String
If not, you can leave it open-ended like so:
Dim MyArray() As String
You would have to loop through your array to get data from a specific line number, I don't think you can reference it any other way.

Answer 3

Use the Split function to split your entries, like this
Dim episodes() As Variant
ReDim episodes(numEntries - 1) As Variant
For i = 0 to numEntries - 1
episodes(i) = Split(paths(i), "/")
Next i
Debug.Print episodes(1)(1) ' = Series1
Debug.Print episodes(1)(2) ' = Season2
After that, ensuring duplicates should be as easy as looping over each item in the array.
Alternately, if you're just looking to find duplicates for the entire path, just create a collection object and load the item into the collection using the path as the key. If the item has already been loaded the collection will throw an error.
On Error Goto Catch
Dim episodes as Collection
Set episodes = New Collection
For i = 0 to numEntries - 1
episodes.add paths(i), paths(i)
Next i
Exit Sub
Catch:
'duplicate found