arrays from other functions

[reedr]

I'm stuck with trying to reference an array of datagridviews that i
created at runtime. It works fine when I reference them within the
function they were created, but now I want to refer to them in another
function. They are both public functions so I just was wondering what
I need to do to access this array (or any variable for that matter) in
another function without creating it outside of the first function.
DataGridView[] Tools = new DataGridView[nToolChangeCalls];

 

[burke.anthony.j]

I'm stuck with trying to reference an array of datagridviews that i
created at runtime. It works fine when I reference them within the
function they were created, but now I want to refer to them in another
function. They are both public functions so I just was wondering what
I need to do to access this array (or any variable for that matter) in
another function without creating it outside of the first function.
DataGridView[] Tools = new DataGridView[nToolChangeCalls];

There are two basic ways to share data between two functions:
1) pass the data from the first function to the second as an argument
2) keep a reference to the data in a mutually accessible store e.g. if
they are both public methods in the same class, keep a private field
that they both use