Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals

VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟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

Takeaways:

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 (#).

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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)

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