Type Example: Integral Types Sbyte, Byte, Short, Ushort, Integer, Uinteger, Long, Ulong and Char

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net and its data type
A variable is nothing but a name given to a storage area that our programs
can manipulate. Each variable in VB.Net has a specific type, which determines
the size and layout of the variable's memory; the range of values that can be
stored within that memory; and the set of operations that can be applied to
the variable.
We have already discussed various data types. The basic value types provided
in VB.Net can be categorized as −
Type Example
Integral types SByte, Byte, Short,

UShort, Integer,
UInteger, Long, ULong
and Char
Floating point types Single and Double
Decimal types Decimal
Boolean types True or False values, as

assigned
Date types Date
VB.Net also allows defining other value types of variable like Enum and
reference types of variables like Class. We will discuss date types and Classes
in subsequent chapters.
Variable Declaration in VB.Net

The Dim statement is used for variable declaration and storage allocation for
one or more variables. The Dim statement is used at module, class, structure,
procedure or block level.
Syntax for variable declaration in VB.Net is −

[ < attributelist > ] [ accessmodifier ] [[ Shared ] [ Shadows ] | [ Static ]]
[ ReadOnly ] Dim [ WithEvents ] variablelist
Where,
 attributelist is a list of attributes that apply to the variable. Optional.
 accessmodifier defines the access levels of the variables, it has values as -

Public, Protected, Friend, Protected Friend and Private. Optional.
 Shared declares a shared variable, which is not associated with any specific
instance of a class or structure, rather available to all the instances of the class
or structure. Optional.
 Shadows indicate that the variable re-declares and hides an identically named
element, or set of overloaded elements, in a base class. Optional.
 Static indicates that the variable will retain its value, even when the after
termination of the procedure in which it is declared. Optional.
 ReadOnly means the variable can be read, but not written. Optional.
 WithEvents specifies that the variable is used to respond to events raised by the
instance assigned to the variable. Optional.
 Variablelist provides the list of variables declared.
Each variable in the variable list has the following syntax and parts −
variablename[ ( [ boundslist ] ) ] [ As [ New ] datatype ] [ = initializer ]
Where,
 variablename − is the name of the variable
 boundslist − optional. It provides list of bounds of each dimension of an array

variable.
 New − optional. It creates a new instance of the class when the Dim statement
runs.
 datatype − Required if Option Strict is On. It specifies the data type of the
variable.
 initializer − Optional if New is not specified. Expression that is evaluated and

assigned to the variable when it is created.
Some valid variable declarations along with their definition are shown here −
Dim StudentID As Integer
Dim StudentName As String
Dim Salary As Double
Dim count1, count2 As Integer
Dim status As Boolean
Dim exitButton As New System.Windows.Forms.Button
Dim lastTime, nextTime As Date
Variable Initialization in VB.Net

Variables are initialized (assigned a value) with an equal sign followed by a
constant expression. The general form of initialization is −
variable_name = value;
for example,
Dim pi As Double
pi = 3.14159
You can initialize a variable at the time of declaration as follows −
Dim StudentID As Integer = 100
Dim StudentName As String = "Bill Smith"
Example
Try the following example which makes use of various types of variables −
Live Demo
Module variablesNdataypes
Sub Main()
Dim a As Short
Dim b As Integer
Dim c As Double
a = 10
b = 20
c = a + b
Console.WriteLine("a = {0}, b = {1}, c = {2}", a, b, c)
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
End Module
When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following
result −
a = 10, b = 20, c = 30
Accepting Values from User

The Console class in the System namespace provides a
function ReadLine for accepting input from the user and store it into a
variable. For example,
Dim message As String
message = Console.ReadLine
The following example demonstrates it −

Live Demo
Module variablesNdataypes
Sub Main()
Dim message As String
Console.Write("Enter message: ")
message = Console.ReadLine
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Your Message: {0}", message)
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
End Module
When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following
result (assume the user inputs Hello World) −
Enter message: Hello World
Your Message: Hello World
Lvalues and Rvalues

There are two kinds of expressions −
 lvalue − An expression that is an lvalue may appear as either the left-hand or

right-hand side of an assignment.
 rvalue − An expression that is an rvalue may appear on the right- but not left-
hand side of an assignment.
Variables are lvalues and so may appear on the left-hand side of an

assignment. Numeric literals are rvalues and so may not be assigned and can
not appear on the left-hand side. Following is a valid statement −
Dim g As Integer = 20
But following is not a valid statement and would generate compile-time error
−
20 = g

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Study from vb.

net and its data type

Integral types SByte, Byte, Short,

Floating point types Single and Double

Decimal types Decimal

Boolean types True or False values, as

Date types Date

Variable Declaration in VB.Net

Syntax for variable declaration in VB.Net is −

 attributelist is a list of attributes that apply to the variable. Optional.

 accessmodifier defines the access levels of the variables, it has values as -

 Variablelist provides the list of variables declared.

 variablename − is the name of the variable

 boundslist − optional. It provides list of bounds of each dimension of an array

 initializer − Optional if New is not specified. Expression that is evaluated and

Dim StudentID As Integer

Dim StudentName As String

Dim Salary As Double

Dim count1, count2 As Integer

Dim status As Boolean

Dim exitButton As New System.Windows.Forms.Button

Dim lastTime, nextTime As Date

Variable Initialization in VB.Net

You can initialize a variable at the time of declaration as follows −

Dim StudentID As Integer = 100

Dim StudentName As String = "Bill Smith"

Console.WriteLine("a = {0}, b = {1}, c = {2}", a, b, c)

Accepting Values from User

Dim message As String

The following example demonstrates it −

Dim message As String

Console.Write("Enter message: ")

Console.WriteLine("Your Message: {0}", message)

Lvalues and Rvalues

 lvalue − An expression that is an lvalue may appear as either the left-hand or

Variables are lvalues and so may appear on the left-hand side of an

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