I am new to VB and going to school. Need Help. 1

[butchrecon]

The instructor is not clear and the book we use is worse. I need some help with variable names and what they can and cant contain. Can variable names contain an underscore _ ? The book does not say it does not and the indtructor did not say. Any help would be great. James Collins
Field Service Engineer
A+, MCP

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[THOMASNG]

Get a copy of BEGINNING VISUAL BASIC 6, by Peter Wright.
It assumes NO PREVIOUS VB KNOWLEDGE. Has loads of examples
and exercises. (

http://www.Amazon.com,

$40)

 

[Kavius]

I had that book in school. It was a good one.

To answer your question, underscores are safe.

 

[butchrecon]

Thanks kavius. James Collins
Field Service Engineer
A+, MCP

email: butchrecon@skyenet.net

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[JOsborne]

Another great book is Visual Basic 6 from the Ground Up by
Gary Cornel.

Variables can contain any combination (up to 255 characters)
of letters, numbers, or underscores.

However, the first character has to be a letter. An underscore or a number can't be the first character.

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