I just found this in some old code, and I'm not sure what it means.
Dim sTemp As String * 1
What is the * 1 at the end?
Thanks!
+9
A:
It means that the variable is a string of exactly one character in length.
Essentially, a fixed-length string.
Mike Hofer
2009-01-07 18:54:42
Are there performance benefits to doing that?
Matthew Cole
2009-01-07 18:55:27
No. It can help with some COM API's though.
le dorfier
2009-01-07 18:56:39
"Essentially, a fixed-length string." - In this case, also essentially a character ;)
Joel Coehoorn
2009-01-07 20:18:50
"Are there performance benefits to doing that?" Indeed there are because a fixed length string is a value type (a regular String is a reference type). There are drawbacks though due to lack of support in the VB model e.g. can't be used for subproc paramters or function return values.
onedaywhen
2009-01-08 10:53:27
+4
A:
It's a fixed length string of one character. This was handy cause you could define a structure of fixed strings and read a file right into the structure.
JoshBerke
2009-01-07 18:56:33
+3
A:
It creates a fixed-length string. In that example, the variable will only ever contain one character.
DJ
2009-01-07 18:57:05