Data Literals

This section provides a quick introduction of data subtype literals. Examples of data literals are provided for Integer, Long, Single, Double, String, Boolean, Date, Empty and Null.

Data Literal: A piece of code in a VBScript statement to represent a data value of a specific subtype. VBScript provides the following syntax rules for data literals of different subtypes:

Read the next section for more examples of literals of different data subtypes.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition

Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals

 "Variant" - Data Type and Subtypes

Data Literals

 Data Literal Examples

 String Data Literals

 Date and Time Data 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

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB