I am mostly self taught in vba, but with other programming experience.
In my app, I have a need to store character and integer variables in arrays.
To date, since the numbers are small I dim an example array as:
dim Array(10,6) as string
When I 'read' from the array I convert the 'string' numbers into integer
vars, and vice-versa when I put values into the array. It's getting to be a
pain to do this.
In reading MSoft docum in vba, I guess I could make an integer array and
a string array and 'combine' them into a holding array for transport in
called subs. e.g.
dim IntArray(x,y) as integer
dim StringAry(a,b) as string
dim master(2)
master(1)=intarray
master(2)=stringary
....
then, call mySub(inputstuff,master)
where mysub operates on the elements of master individually.

I've read a little bit about collections and that function appears to do
about the same thing as the above.
1. WHAT ARE THE BIG PRO'S AND CON'S OF COLLECTIONS VS. AN ARRAY OF
ARRAYS?

2. I've been looking for, in the "collections arena" of Excel docum. how
to
"directly" address the elements of an array that is part of a collection. I
have not found any and indeed do not know it it's even possible. In other
words,
if the collection is composed of these two arrays: and the collection is
named:
COLL,
IntArray(x,y) as integer (item 1 in COLL)
StringAry(a,b) as integer (item 2 in COLL)
IS THERE A WAY TO ADDRESS IntArray(3,4) by using the name of the
Collection? Kinda like: NewVar = COLL(1, ????) to try and grab the value
in IntArray(3,4) without using the IntArray 'name'?

Thanks.
Neal Z