ArrayDeleteElement - Deleting an element in any type of array

' A generic routine that deletes an element in any type of array.
' Example: deleting the 2nd element of the array arr
'     ArrayDeleteElement(arr, 1) 

Sub ArrayDeleteElement(ByVal arr As Array, ByVal index As Integer)
    ' Shift elements from arr(index+1) to arr(index).
    Array.Copy(arr, index + 1, arr, index, UBound(arr) - index)
    ' Clear the last element.
    arr.Clear(arr, arr.GetUpperBound(0), 1)
End Sub


' Note: this code is taken from Francesco Balena's "Programming Microsoft 
' Visual Basic .NET" book (MS Press 2002)