If Len(Join(FileNamesList)) > 0 Then

If (Not Not FileNamesList)  0 Then
    ' Array has been initialized, so you're good to go.
Else
    ' Array has NOT been initialized
End If

If (Not FileNamesList) = -1 Then
    ' Array has NOT been initialized
Else
    ' Array has been initialized, so you're good to go.
End If

               (Not myArray)   (Not Not myArray)
Uninitialized       -1                 0
Initialized    -someBigNumber   someOtherBigNumber

Function IsVarArrayEmpty(anArray As Variant)

Dim i As Integer

On Error Resume Next
    i = UBound(anArray,1)
If Err.number = 0 Then
    IsVarArrayEmpty = False
Else
    IsVarArrayEmpty = True
End If

End Function

Public Function arrayLength(arr As Variant) As Long
  On Error GoTo handler

  Dim lngLower As Long
  Dim lngUpper As Long

  lngLower = LBound(arr)
  lngUpper = UBound(arr)

  arrayLength = (lngUpper - lngLower) + 1
  Exit Function

handler:
  arrayLength = 0 'error occured.  must be zero length
End Function

Private Function IsArrayEmpty(arr As Variant)
  ' This function returns true if array is empty
  Dim l As Long

  On Error Resume Next
  l = Len(Join(arr))
  If l = 0 Then
    IsArrayEmpty = True
  Else
    IsArrayEmpty = False
  End If

  If Err.Number > 0 Then
      IsArrayEmpty = True
  End If

  On Error GoTo 0
End Function

Private Sub IsArrayEmptyTest()
  Dim a As Variant
  a = Array()
  Debug.Print "Array is Empty is " & IsArrayEmpty(a)
  If IsArrayEmpty(a) = False Then
    Debug.Print "  " & Join(a)
  End If
End Sub

If Dir(SigString)  "" Then
    Signature = GetBoiler(SigString) 
Else
    Signature = "" 
End If

If SigString  "" And Dir(SigString)  "" Then
    Signature = GetBoiler(SigString) 
Else
    Signature = "" 
End If

Dim fso As Object
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If fso.FileExists(SigString) Then
    Signature = GetBoiler(SigString) 
Else
    Signature = "" 
End If

Public Function IsArrayEmpty(Arr As Variant) As Boolean
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
' IsArrayEmpty
' This function tests whether the array is empty (unallocated). Returns TRUE or FALSE.
'
' The VBA IsArray function indicates whether a variable is an array, but it does not
' distinguish between allocated and unallocated arrays. It will return TRUE for both
' allocated and unallocated arrays. This function tests whether the array has actually
' been allocated.
'
' This function is really the reverse of IsArrayAllocated.
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

    Dim LB As Long
    Dim UB As Long

    err.Clear
    On Error Resume Next
    If IsArray(Arr) = False Then
        ' we weren't passed an array, return True
        IsArrayEmpty = True
    End If

    ' Attempt to get the UBound of the array. If the array is
    ' unallocated, an error will occur.
    UB = UBound(Arr, 1)
    If (err.Number  0) Then
        IsArrayEmpty = True
    Else
        ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
        ' On rare occasion, under circumstances I
        ' cannot reliably replicate, Err.Number
        ' will be 0 for an unallocated, empty array.
        ' On these occasions, LBound is 0 and
        ' UBound is -1.
        ' To accommodate the weird behavior, test to
        ' see if LB > UB. If so, the array is not
        ' allocated.
        ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
        err.Clear
        LB = LBound(Arr)
        If LB > UB Then
            IsArrayEmpty = True
        Else
            IsArrayEmpty = False
        End If
    End If

End Function

option explicit
Function foo() As Variant

    Dim bar() As String

    If (Not Not bar) Then
        ReDim Preserve bar(0 To UBound(bar) + 1)
    Else
        ReDim Preserve bar(0 To 0)
    End If

    bar(UBound(bar)) = "it works!"

    foo = bar

End Function

Dim exampleArray() As Variant 'Any Type

If ((Not Not exampleArray) = 0) Then
      'Array is Empty
Else
      'Array is Not Empty
End If

Function AryLen(ary() As Variant, Optional idx_dim As Long = 1) As Long
    If (Not ary) = -1 Then
        AryLen = 0
    Else
        AryLen = UBound(ary, idx_dim) - LBound(ary, idx_dim) + 1
    End If
End Function

Public Function IsEmptyArray(InputArray As Variant) As Boolean

   On Error GoTo ErrHandler:
   IsEmptyArray = Not (UBound(InputArray) >= 0)
   Exit Function

   ErrHandler:
   IsEmptyArray = True

End Function

Function IsArrayAllocated(Arr As Variant) As Boolean
        On Error Resume Next
        IsArrayAllocated = IsArray(Arr) And _
                           Not IsError(LBound(Arr, 1)) And _
                           LBound(Arr, 1) 

Function IsArrayEmpty(arr As Variant) As Boolean

Dim index As Integer

index = -1
    On Error Resume Next
        index = UBound(arr)
    On Error GoTo 0

If (index = -1) Then IsArrayEmpty = True Else IsArrayEmpty = False

End Function

Function IsVarArrayEmpty(anArray As Variant) as boolean
    On Error Resume Next
    IsVarArrayEmpty = true
    IsVarArrayEmpty = UBound(anArray) < LBound(anArray)
End Function

Dim ar() As Byte
Debug.Assert StrPtr(ar) = 0

ReDim ar(0 to 3) As Byte
Debug.Assert StrPtr(ar)  0

if (jsonObject("result")("cid").Count) = 0 them
MsgBox "Empty Array"

Sub Test()

    Dim a() As Variant
    Dim b As Variant
    Dim c As Long

    ' Uninitialized array of variant
    ' MsgBox UBound(a) ' gives 'Subscript out of range' error
    MsgBox GetElementsCount(a) ' 0

    ' Variant containing an empty array
    b = Array()
    MsgBox GetElementsCount(b) ' 0

    ' Any other types, eg Long or not Variant type arrays
    MsgBox GetElementsCount(c) ' -1

End Sub

Function GetElementsCount(aSample) As Long

    Static oHtmlfile As Object ' instantiate once

    If oHtmlfile Is Nothing Then
        Set oHtmlfile = CreateObject("htmlfile")
        oHtmlfile.parentWindow.execScript ("function arrlength(arr) {try {return (new VBArray(arr)).toArray().length} catch(e) {return -1}}"), "jscript"
    End If
    GetElementsCount = oHtmlfile.parentWindow.arrlength(aSample)

End Function

if UBound(ar) > LBound(ar) Then

Function IsVarArrayEmpty(anArray as Variant)
Dim aVar as Variant

IsVarArrayEmpty=False
On error resume next
aVar=anArray(1)
If Err.number then '...still, it might not start at this index
    aVar=anArray(0)
    If Err.number then IsVarArrayEmpty=True ' neither 0 or 1 yields good assignment
EndIF
End Function