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What do ! and # mean when attached to numbers in VB6?

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I have recently come across numeric literals such as 10! and 50# in Visual Basic programs. Could anyone tell me what these punctuation marks mean?

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Brian Hooper Avatar asked Oct 08 '10 08:10

Brian Hooper


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They are called type declaration characters. This article has more information.

  % Integer   & Long   ! Single   # Double   $ String   @ Currency 
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Michael Baker Avatar answered Oct 20 '22 03:10

Michael Baker