Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Using Value Types

To learn to use value types, it is a good idea to create a new Visual Basic project for the Console (see Chapter 2 for details). Listing 4.1 shows how you can declare variables that store value types. For learning purposes, you can put this code inside the Main method of your project.

LISTING 4.1 Using Value Types

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Sub Main()    'Declares an Integer    Dim anInteger As Integer = 2    'Declares a double and stores the result of a calculation    Dim calculation As Double = 74.6 * 834.1    'Declares one byte storing a hexadecimal value    Dim oneByte As Byte = &H0    'Declares a single character    Dim oneCharacter As Char = "a"c    'Declares a decimal number    Dim sampleDecimal As Decimal = 8743341.353531135D ...