>I have created a container sub-class which has an array property. I want to pass a reference to this array to a method in an embedded object. However, when I try to use the @ to reference the source array it doesn't work. For example,
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> this.parent.lstSelected.SetRowSource(@this.parent.aInitialList)
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>...does not work, but this does:
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> acopy(this.parent.aInitialList, aTempArray)
> this.parent.lstSelected.SetRowSource(@aTempArray)
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>Unfortunately this creates other problems and I'm trying to keep the code as simple as possible anyway.
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>Q: Does anyone know how to pass an object property by reference?
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>Thanks.

You can't. It's that simple. You either have to pass the object itself or copy the array to a variable and pass that (which you are doing).

What problems does passing the array as a variable create? Many developers do this.