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How can I get rid of InvalidCastException

A short program to generate an Array of Random Valuse and display it on TextBox.Text looks OK in static state as below.
Buit when it is activated, InvalidCastException occurs at line 3 and halts the progam execution.
1 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
2 ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
3 Dim K As String = "Random Value: " & GenerateArrayWithRandomValues()
4 TextBox1.Text = K
5 End Sub
6
7 Public Function GenerateArrayWithRandomValues()
8 Dim n As Integer : n = 1 + Rnd() * 20
9 Dim A(0 To n - 1) As Integer
10 Dim i As Integer
11 For i = LBound(A) To UBound(A)
12 A(i) = Rnd() * 1000
13 Next
14 GenerateArrayWithRandomValues = A
15
16 End Function

Will you help me how I should rewrite the line 3?

Thank you,
SilentMajority

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                              ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim K As String = "Random Value: " & GenerateArrayWithRandomValues()
        TextBox1.Text = K
    End Sub

    Public Function GenerateArrayWithRandomValues()
        Dim n As Integer : n = 1 + Rnd() * 20
        Dim A(0 To n - 1) As Integer
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = LBound(A) To UBound(A)
            A(i) = Rnd() * 1000
        Next
        GenerateArrayWithRandomValues = A

    End Function

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Bardobrave

Your GenerateArrayWithRandomValues is returning an array while on Button1_Click you are assigning it to a string.

You must convert returning value of GenerateArrayViwhRandomValues to a string, try with join function:

Dim K As String = "Random Value: " & join(GenerateArrayWithRandomValues(),"|")

SilentMajority

ASKER

Dear Bardobrave,

Thank you for your comment, but your idea of applying "Join Function" to GenerateArrayWithRandomValues ended with "AmbiguousMatchException".
There seem to be multiple choices for the Type Conversion from Arrayed Integers to String, according to the hints.
Will this be related with the data structure of the Array, say, Linear or Non-Linear?

Thanks,
Silent Majority

Bardobrave

I usually code in C# so I'm not very familiarized with VB methods. But surely must be any option on the language that allows you to convert your array without receiving an error.

SilentMajority

ASKER

Dear Bardobrave,

I will try Object Type instead of Integer Type for the array to be converted to String.
I will let you know the end result.

Thanks,
Silent Majority
Tokyo, Japan

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SilentMajority

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Yes, I got the same answer from MSDN as well. Namely, breaking the Array Data back to individual char elements is only the way to converting the Array to String at large. Actually I did it and concatinated each char in TextBox, in pararel, while I was generating the random numbers. Thanks a lot for you time and concllusion. SilentMajority, Tokyo, Japan