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

Variable Declaration and Assignment Statement

This chapter provides tutorial examples and notes about variables in VBScript. Topics include declaring variables explicitly and implicitly, 'Dim' statement, assignment statement, variable default values, the Empty value.

Variable Declaration and "Dim" Statement

Assigning Values to Variables - "=" Statement

Empty - The Default Value of a Variable

Conclusions:

  • Variable can be declared explicitly with the "Dim" statement.
  • Variable can be used without explicit declaration.
  • Assignment statement assigns a new value to a variable.
  • The initial value of a variable is: Empty.

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

Variable Declaration and Assignment Statement - Updated in 2015, by Dr. Herong Yang