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Tutorial 3B Word Review

This section contains review words/definitions for Tutorial 3 "Using Variables", Lesson 3B "Modifying the Skate-Away Sales Application.

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Val functionreturns a Double data type number
Integer variablescan store whole numbers between -32,768 and 32,767
Variant data typeis assigned as a data type if you do not declare a data type to a variable
Format functionused to format a data type, such as "currency", which will display a dollar sign and two decimal places
concatenatingconnecting (or linking) strings together
concatenation operatorthe ampersand (&)
plus signcan also be used to concatenate strings, but should be avoided to avoid confusion
spacemust be included before and after the concatenation operator
InputBox functiondisplays one of Visual Basic's predefined dialog boxes
quotation marksmust be used to enclose both the prompt and tiltle in an InputBox
functiona predefined procedure that returns a value
strSpersonindicates a string variable
promptin an InputBox fuction is shown using sentence capitalization
titlein an InputBox fuction is shown using book title capitalization
newline characterinstructs Visual Basic to issue a carriage return followed by a line feed
Chra function which stands for "character"
Chr(13)instructs Visual Basic to issue a carriage return
Chr(10)instructs Visual Basic to issue a line feed
intrinsic constantis built into Visual Basic itself; you don't have to create it because Visula Basic has already done that for you
Object Browsera dialog box that provides information about the various objects available to your application, including properties, methods, events, and constants
VbNewLinea member of the Visual Basic for Applications Library's Constants class
default buttonshould be the command button that represents the user's most likely action, except in cases where that action is both destructive and irreversible
Default propertydetermines which command button is the default button
F2 keycan be used to open the Object Broswer dialog box


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