Add string to List(of String) in an Object

Question

Hallo,

I have a following object and i want to add a string to a list but i am getting error. What am i doing wrong?

    Public Class ItemsColl

            Public Property Coll1 as List(of String)

    End Class


Public CollList as New ItemsColl

CollList.Coll1.Add("StringValue")

Above code gives me 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' error.

Answer 1

Try adding 'New':

Public Class ItemsColl
   Public Property Coll1 as New List(of String)
End Class

Answer 2

Thanks Viorel Adding New worked.