Problems with arrays

Hello,
I'm trying to make a 5 by 5 board for a puzzle game. I'm using arrays and defining it as such:

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...it as such:

Dim board(5,5)
board(1,1) = 0
;...and so on

so, since the pieces in the game have four sides (left, right, up, down) I was wondering how I store such information in the board. I really don't want to have to do something like this:

Dim boardLeft(5,5)
.....so on
Dim boardRight(5,5)
.....so on

i feel like there's an easier way to do this. Any suggestions are most appreciated.

What information, like what is to each side of the piece?

You could do something like this:

Dim board (5,5,1)

(x,y,z)

x= x location
y= y location
z= side (just pick four values, e.g. 1,2,3,4 to indicate left,right,up,down, and store these in this slot. )

Response to Sauer...
Each side of the pieces have different colors (blue, red, green, etc.) which I'm representing by a number (1=blue, etc.)

Response to xlsior...
I already tried using a third dimension, and it won't let me store one. I'm gonna try again, but I'm pretty sure when I tried it it didn't work.

Never mind! I can store a third dimension in the array. Before, it must have been a syntax error on my part. Thanks for the help!

Just one last side question: does Dim mean dimension, Declare In Memory, or both?

I always read it as dimension, but declare in memory makes just as much sense.