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Declare Symbolic Constant Method

The Declare Symbolic Constant method declares a symbolic constant. It does not return a value.

Format

[Global] Const constantName [As type] = expression [, constantName [As type] = expression] ...

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Usage

To specify the type of the constant, you can use one of the following characters as a suffix of the constantName argument:

• # (pound sign). Specifies a number.
• $ (dollar sign). Specifies a string.

You can use this technique instead of using the As clause.

If you do not specify a type character, then the Declare Symbolic Constant method derives the type of the value that you specify in the constantName argument from the type of the expression.

To specify a global constant, you must declare it in the general declarations section of the module where you must access this global variable.

Example

For an example, see Convert Expression to Long Method.