Dim scoreArray() As String
Dim nameArray() As String
Dim NewScore As String

'loads the table

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim nf As Integer
Dim nFile As String
Dim sf As Integer
Dim sFile As String
Dim scoreFile As String
Dim nameWholeFile As String
Dim scoreWholeFile As String
Dim count As Integer

nf = FreeFile
nFile = "e:\name.txt"

Open nFile For Input As #nf 'open file
nameWholeFile = Input(LOF(nf), nf)  'save the whole file
Close #nf

sf = FreeFile
sFile = "e:\score.txt"

Open sFile For Input As #sf 'open file
scoreWholeFile = Input(LOF(sf), sf)  'save the whole file
Close #nf

scoreFile = "e:\dupa"
 
Open scoreFile For Input As #1                    'Read file
  NewScore = Input$(LOF(1), 1)                  'Length of file
Close #1



nameArray = Split(nameWholeFile, "-") 'Split the contents of the file separated by space and saved each word to aString array
scoreArray = Split(scoreWholeFile, "-") 'Split the contents of the file separated by space and saved each word to aString array
For count = 0 To UBound(scoreArray)
    Debug.Print scoreArray(count)
Next count
Call HScore(200)
End Sub

'searches if the score is already in the array

Public Sub HScore(ByVal score)
    NewScore = score
    Call compare
End Sub


'looks if the score is big enough to be in the high score table
Private Sub compare()
Dim notEnough As String
Dim score As Integer

If NewScore > scoreArray(0) Then
    scoreArray(9) = NewScore
    nameArray(9) = InputBox("please enter your name playa!")
    Call sort
Else
   notEnough = MsgBox("There are others better than you! Try again", 0, "Fail!")
   End If
End Sub

' sorts the array in order
Private Sub sort()

Dim outerScore As Integer
Dim innerScore As Integer
Dim outerName As String
Dim innerName As String
Dim tempName As String
Dim tempScore As Integer


For outerScore = 8 To 0 Step -1
For innerScore = 0 To outerScore - 1
  
  

If scoreArray(innerScore) > scoreArray(innerScore + 1) Then
      tempScore = scoreArray(innerScore)                          'Swap array contents
      scoreArray(innerScore) = scoreArray(innerScore + 1)
      scoreArray(innerScore + 1) = tempScore
      
      tempName = nameArray(innerScore)                          'Swap array contents
      nameArray(innerScore) = nameArray(innerScore + 1)
      nameArray(innerScore + 1) = tempName
End If
  
Next innerScore
Next outerScore

Call printScore

End Sub

Private Sub printScore()
Dim counter As Integer

For scoreArray(counter) = 0 To 9
    picScore.Print scoreArray(counter)
    counter = counter + 1
Next scoreArray(counter)
    

End Sub

SO ok this is my code so far. It doesnt work ,
the basic idea of this code is that file gets loaded into the array and is separated by the "-" sign. There is array for Players name and Players score
the score that has been saved from a game that i have made before is loaded also.

In compare function, last number in the array is compared to the new score.
if new score is bigger than last position, last position is substituted with the new score.

I cant check if my program is working because the arrays are not printing into the picture boxes at all.
and i have no clue how to save the array back into the file with a "-" sign.

Please help
Thank you!

Set autoredraw = true for the pic box. Use the Join function for the output, and change your comments on the split line where you split on the dash as your comment say to split on a space...

Good Luck

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