VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 5.20, by Dr. Herong Yang

Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals

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 (#).

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition

Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals

 Arithmetic Operations

 Numeric Comparison Operations and Logical Operations

 String Operations - Concatenation and Comparison

 Variable Declaration and Assignment Statement

 Expression and Order of Operation Precedence

 Statement Syntax and Statement Types

 Array Data Type and Related Statements

 Array References and Array Assignment Statements

 Conditional Statements - "If ... Then" and "Select Case"

 Loop Statements - "For", "While", and "Do"

 "Function" and "Sub" Procedures

 Built-in Functions

 Inspecting Variables Received in Procedures

 Error Handling Flag and the "Err" Object

 Regular Expression Pattern Match and Replacement

 scrrun.dll - Scripting Runtime DLL Library

 Creating Your Own Classes

 IE Web Browser Supporting VBScript

 IIS ASP Server Supporting VBScript

 WSH (Windows Script Host)

 References

 Printable Copy - PDF Version

Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals - Updated in 2015, by Dr. Herong Yang