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Basic constants Basic Constants Constants used in Basic programs

Boolean Basic constants Basic constant;False Basic constant;True

Boolean constants

Name Type Value True Boolean 1 False Boolean 0 Dim bPositive as Boolean bPositive = True

Basic Mathematical constants Pi;Basic constant Basic constant;Pi

Mathematical constant

Name Type Value Pi Double 3.14159265358979 Function Rad2Deg( aRad as Double) As Double Rad2Deg = aRad * 180.00 / Pi End Function

Basic Object constants Empty;Basic constant Null;Basic constant Nothing;Basic constant Basic constant;Nothing Basic constant;Null Basic constant;Empty

Object Constants

Name Type Usage Empty Variant The Empty value indicates that the variable is not initialized. Null null Indicates that the variable does not contain data. Nothing Object Assign the Nothing object to a variable to remove a previous assignment. SubExampleEmpty Dim sVar As Variant sVar = Empty Print IsEmpty(sVar) ' Returns True End Sub Sub ExampleNull Dim vVar As Variant MsgBox IsNull(vVar) End Sub Sub ExampleNothing Dim oDoc As Object Set oDoc = ThisComponent Print oDoc.Title oDoc = Nothing Print oDoc ‘ Error End Sub

Visual Basic constants VBA Exclusive constants

Additional VBA constants

The following constants are available when VBA compatibility mode is enabled Named constant Hexadecimal (decimal) value Description vbTrue -1 Part of vbTriState enumeration. vbFalse 0 Part of vbTriState enumeration. vbUseDefault -2 Part of vbTriState enumeration. vbCr \x0D (13) CR - Carriage return vbCrLf \x0D\x0A (13 10) CRLF - Carriage return and line feed vbFormFeed \x0c (12) FF - Form feed vbLf \x0A (10) LF - Line feed vbNewLine \x0D\x0A (13 10) for Windows \x0A (10) for other systems LF or CRLF vbNullString "" Null string vbTab \x09 (9) HT - Horizontal tab vbVerticalTab \x0B (11) VT - Vertical tab