VBScript in a Nutshell

Name

Execute Statement

Syntax

                  Execute statement

statement

Use: Required

Data Subtype: String expression

A string expression containing one or more statements for execution.

Description

Executes one or more statements.

Rules at a Glance

• statement is a string literal containing one or more statements to execute, or a string variable containing one or more executable statements. An executable statement is any call to a user-defined procedure or function, or any intrinsic VBScript command.

• You can put multiple statements in the expression; separate them with colons.

• You can also separate the arguments with embedded line breaks. We prefer the colons, as it makes the code easier to read.

• If statement includes an equal sign, it is interpreted as an assignment rather than an evaluation. For example, x = 3 assigns the value 3 to the variable x, rather than comparing the value of the variable x with 3.

• Code executed by the Execute statement inherits the scope of the routine from which it’s called; all variables visible to the calling routine are visible to it. The sole exception is code that creates a new procedure (as in the example). This new procedure does not inherit the scope of the calling routine; instead, only global variables and objects are visible to it. However, the procedure itself is not globally available throughout the script; it can be called only from the procedure in which it the Execute statement was executed.

Example

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