On Jun 16, 12:44 pm, Susan wrote:
John Walkenbach's books are good! i have "Excel 2000 Power
Programming with VBA".
susan

On Jun 16, 2:36 pm, R Tanner wrote:

On Jun 16, 11:48 am, Susan wrote:

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

Okay if I should scrap it are there any recommendations on good books
to read?

Yeah I have read through the first 200 pages or so at Barnes and
Noble, but never actually bought it. I didn't really start to learn
anything until I got to about 180 or so, but it definitely looks like
a good book. Thanks for the recommend.