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Computer

Programming
2

Visual Basic Fundamentals


Variables and Constants
• Data is constant when it cannot be changed after a
program is compiled.

• Types of constants: Numeric and String

• Data is variable when it might be changed.

• Variable is storage location in main memory whose


value can change during program execution.
Variables and Constants
• Data is constant when it cannot be changed after a
program is compiled.

• Types of constants: Numeric and String

• Data is variable when it might be changed.

• Variable is storage location in main memory whose


value can change during program execution.
Constant
• Valid Numeric Constant
INTEGER REAL NUMBER
-2987 -1900.05
+16 0.0185
5 10.56

• Invalid Numeric Constant


INTEGER REAL NUMBER
14,005.5 $190.04
6.8% 15 78
33-
String Constants
• A group of alphanumeric data consisting of any type
of symbols.

VALID INVALID
“A rose by any other name” ‘Down by the Seashore’
“Down By the Sea Shore” “134.24
“134.23” “She said, “Stop, thief!””
“She said, ‘stop , thief!’”
Data Types
• Byte: A data type used to hold positive integer
numbers ranging from 0 to 255.
• Integer: Range –32,768 to +32,767. Can be
identified by %.
intValue% = 1
Integer = 1000
• Long: Larger range (231). Can be identified by &.
lngValue1& = 56000
lngValue2 = -56000
Data Types
• Single Precision: Real numbers. Accuracy of 7
digits. Can be identified by !.
sngReal_Number1! = 1.23
sngReal_Number2 = -0.345
• Double Precision: Accuracy of 16 digits. Can be
identified by #.
dblValue1# = 0.435827348593
dblValue2 = 23.4782947373
Data Types
• Boolean: A data type with two possible values, True
(1) or False (0).
blnAnswer = False
• Currency: This type is used in money-related
calculations and for fixed-point calculations.
• String: Hold characters, approx 231, can be null
(empty). Can be identified by $.
strText$=”Hello.”
strEmptyText = ””
Data Types
• Date: A data type used to store dates and times as
real number.
• Object: A data type that reference any Object
reference.
• Variant: A special data type that contain numeric,
string or date as well as the special values Empty and
Null. All variables become Variant type if not declared
explicitly.
• User-defined: Any data type defines using the Type
Variable Naming Convention
• must begin with a letter
• can contain letters, numeric digits, and underscore
• can have up to 255 characters
• cannot be restricted keyword
Variable Declaration
• To declare a variable, use Dim statement
• The generic syntax for declaring a variable is:
Dim variable-name As data-type
where type-name specifies the variable’s type
(such as Integer, Long, etc.), and variable-name
specifies the variable’s name.
Dim intDays as Integer
Dim strText as String, dblAns as Double
Variable Declaration
• To declare a variable, use Dim statement
• The generic syntax for declaring a variable is:
Dim variable-name As data-type
where type-name specifies the variable’s type
(such as Integer, Long, etc.), and variable-name
specifies the variable’s name.
Dim intDays as Integer
Dim strText as String, dblAns as Double
Keywords
• Words that have predefined meaning to Visual
Basic
• Can not be used as variable names
• Example:
• Print
• Cls
• If
• While
• Dim
Concatenation
• Two string can be combined with the concatenation
operation.
• Concatenation is represented with the ampersand
(&) sign.
• Example:
strVar1 = “Hello”
strVar2 = “World”
txtBox.Text = strVar1 & strVar2
txtBox.Text = “32” & CHR(176) & “
Fahrenheit”
Using Text Boxes for Input/Output
• The contents of a text box are always a string.
• Numbers are also stored in text boxes as strings.
• Therefore, the contents of a text box should be
changed to a number before being assigned to a
numeric variable.
• Val(txtBox.Text) changes the input string into a
number.
numVar = Val (txtBox.Text)

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