Bob wrote:
Why would it, should it, say As Varaint, that is sloppy programming.

i said variant because that's what greg said - i wasn't really
focusing on what type of data it was, i was more interested in the
shorthand, which i definitely do not like!
thanks everybody for all the answers
susan


On Jun 16, 12:45 pm, "greg" wrote:

it is displaying or demonstrating,
how to create a variable. in this case a variant.
put a value to it.
and display it in a message box