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VBA - Variables
Variable is a named memory location used to hold a value that can be changed during
the script execution. Following are the basic rules for naming a variable.
You must use a letter as the first character.
You can't use a space, period (.), exclamation mark (!), or the characters @, &, $,
# in the name.
Name can't exceed 255 characters in length.
You cannot use Visual Basic reserved keywords as variable name.
Syntax
In VBA, you need to declare the variables before using them.
Dim <<variable_name>> As <<variable_type>>
Data Types
There are many VBA data types, which can be divided into two main categories, namely
numeric and non-numeric data types.
Numeric Data Types
Following table displays the numeric data types and the allowed range of values.
Type Range of Values
Byte 0 to 255
Integer -32,768 to 32,767
Long -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,648
-3.402823E+38 to -1.401298E-45 for negative values
Single
1.401298E-45 to 3.402823E+38 for positive values.
-1.79769313486232e+308 to -4.94065645841247E-324 for negative values
Double
4.94065645841247E-324 to 1.79769313486232e+308 for positive values.
Currency -922,337,203,685,477.5808 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807
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+/- 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335 if no decimal is use
Decimal
+/- 7.9228162514264337593543950335 (28 decimal places).
Non-Numeric Data Types
Following table displays the non-numeric data types and the allowed range of values.
Type Range of Values
String (fixed length) 1 to 65,400 characters
String (variable length) 0 to 2 billion characters
Date January 1, 100 to December 31, 9999
Boolean True or False
Object Any embedded object
Variant (numeric) Any value as large as double
Variant (text) Same as variable-length string
Example
Let us create a button and name it as 'Variables_demo' to demonstrate the use of
variables.
Private Sub say_helloworld_Click()
Dim password As String
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password = "Admin#1"
Dim num As Integer
num = 1234
Dim BirthDay As Date
BirthDay = DateValue("30 / 10 / 2020")
MsgBox "Passowrd is " & password & Chr(10) & "Value of num is " &
num & Chr(10) & "Value of Birthday is " & BirthDay
End Sub
Output
Upon executing the script, the output will be as shown in the following screenshot.
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