Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals

<< VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Notes

This chapter provides tutorial examples and notes about VBScript data type and literal. Topics include what is a Variant; what are data subtypes; data literals for Integer, Long, Single, Double, String, Boolean, and Date.

"Variant" - Data Type and Subtypes

Data Literals

Data Literal Examples

String Data Literals

Date and Time Data Literals

Conclusions:

• 13 subtypes of Variant supported in VBScript.
• Data literals can be entered in VBScript statement for different subtypes in different formats.
• String literals must be enclosed in double quotes (").
• ("") represents (") in string literals.
• Date literals must be enclosed in slash signs (#).