I understand that a string variable size is 10 bytes + string length. Does
this mean that a a variable-length string which happens to have a length of 6
occupies the same amount of memory as a fixed-length string of the same size
(16 bytes), or does Excel assign a memory block capable of suiting a much
larger string when a variable-length string is declared?

I'm asking because I'm dealing with a macro that creates a string array
listing the types of products it has recorded data for, and it seems to be
occupying a surprising amount of processor time.
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Burnnie Holliday
Data Wrangler