Declaration shortcuts

[danp129]

I've been doing this for a long time in vb6 but don't see other's using it much...

Dim a! ' same as Dim a as Short
Dim b@ ' same as Dim b as Currency
Dim c# ' same as Dim c as Double
Dim d$ ' same as Dim d as String
Dim e% ' same as Dim e as Integer
Dim f& ' same as Dim f as Long

[vijaydiwakar]

I've been doing this for a long time in vb6 but don't see other's using it much...

Dim a! ' same as Dim a as Short
Dim b@ ' same as Dim b as Currency
Dim c# ' same as Dim c as Double
Dim d$ ' same as Dim d as String
Dim e% ' same as Dim e as Integer
Dim f& ' same as Dim f as Long

No dear
this is a hidden aspect so every body don't know it
but I'm using it always

[Killer42]

The type declaration characters are simply the old way of declaring data types. As far as I know, the only advantage of the newer way (As Long, etc) is that they are much more straightforward to read.

I used these type characters in various versions of Basic for many years, but I can't remember most of them now (thanks for the handy reference). But there's much less chance of forgetting what "As String" means. Plus, I think that some new types such as Object, Variant and perhaps others, do not have a type declaraction character. Not too surprising, since they're only supported for backward compatibility.

It's a personal choice how you prefer to code, of course, but I would recommend using the newer method, so that others can read your code.

Oh, and by the way, VB6 doesn't have a Short data type. That would be Single.

[danp129]

The type declaration characters are simply the old way of declaring data types. As far as I know, the only advantage of the newer way (As Long, etc) is that they are much more straightforward to read.

I used these type characters in various versions of Basic for many years, but I can't remember most of them now (thanks for the handy reference). But there's much less chance of forgetting what "As String" means. Plus, I think that some new types such as Object, Variant and perhaps others, do not have a type declaraction character. Not too surprising, since they're only supported for backward compatibility.

It's a personal choice how you prefer to code, of course, but I would recommend using the newer method, so that others can read your code.

Oh, and by the way, VB6 doesn't have a Short data type. That would be Single.

Oops dunno why I typed short :P

[Killer42]

Oops dunno why I typed short :P

Been dabbling in other languages, have we? Traitor... ;)