substitute Horseradish for empty and see if you don't get the same result.

Sub Tester2()
Dim V As Variant
Debug.Print V = HorseRadish
V = 123
Debug.Print V = HorseRadish
V = HorseRadish
Debug.Print V = HorseRadish
End Sub

gives the same result for me.

If you have a reference, please post it.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Chip Pearson" wrote in message
...
Empty is a keyword indicating that a Variant type variable has no
contents. E.g.,

Dim V As Variant
Debug.Print V = Empty
V = 123
Debug.Print V = Empty
V = Empty
Debug.Print V = Empty


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
...
Personally, I have found little in the help to indicate that
"empty" is a
key word.

If empty isn't declared as a variable or is declared as Variant
and never
initialized, then it would represent the value of an
uninitialized variable.
Used in the context you show, it would be equivalent to a null
string, so it
does nothing that I can see.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Mel" wrote in message
...
I was trying to learn from some code someone else had
written. What is the keyword Empty used for in the
statement below. If I remove the "Empty &" the results
seem to be the same. Is it just a placeholder of some
kind?


Application.Caption = empty & "Microsoft Excel (Alarm Set
for "

Application.Caption = "Microsoft Excel (Alarm Set for "