Great! Thanks xld. This does exactly what I needed. Now I just have two follow up questions. Why wont it let me write...

[VBA]Dim stringArray() As String
stringArray = [{"C2","14";"C19","3"; "F2","12";"F17","2"; "C25", "6";"C34", "4"}][/VBA]

and why is this array base 1 even when choose option base 0?