VB Flashcards

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Variable is a

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Memory location that holds data and can be changed during the execution of a program.

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What is a Constant?

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Quantities that do not change during the execution of a program are called constants. If an attempt is made to change the value of a constant during execution, an error will be generated.

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How to declare a variable?

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Declaration of a variable means specifying its data type. A variable can be declared as:
Dim <varname> As <data></data></varname>

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4
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Variable name is also called as

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An identifier as it identifies a memory location

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5
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The amount of memory space required depends on its

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Data type

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What is a declaration statement?

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Statement that declares a variable is a declaration statement and it’s a non - executable statement.

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7
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Syntax of declaring a constant

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Const constname As <data></data>

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8
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What are intrinsic constants

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Intrinsic constants are system defined constants or predefined constants these constants need not be declared and can be used directly

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9
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Constants starts with the prefix

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Vb

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10
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What is a default data type?

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Default data type is called as the variant

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Variant

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Requires more space in the memory and operates less slowly then other data types

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12
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Data types used in VB are

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Boolean byte currency data double integer long single string and variant

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13
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Integers in the range

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-32768 to 32767

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14
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What is a function

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Function is a code that performs certain actions and returns or gives a value.
To do it’s calculations, a function needs an input, this input is called as the function argument.

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15
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The purpose of the val statement of val function

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The purpose of the valve function is to convert text data into numeric data
Syntax: val(texttoconvert)

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16
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Arithmetic operations in which vb

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Exponential division multiplication addition on and subtraction are the arithmetic operations in vb

17
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What do you mean by formatting data

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Formatting Data means to control the way it will look on the screen or paper

18
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The format functions in vb

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Format currency format number function format percent function format date time function

19
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Control structures

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Control statements are used to control the flow of execution in a program

20
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Examples of decision statements

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If then statement if then else statement if then elseif statement select case statement

21
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Example of loop structures

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Do while loop while wend loop for next loop

22
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What is a relational operator

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A relational operator gives a relation between its operands. Whenever a relational operator is used the result of the operation or expression is either true or false.

23
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How many relational operators are there name them

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6 relational operators
>,<,=,<>,>=,<=

24
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The if then statement

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Execute a set of statements if a given condition is true

25
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If then else statement

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Executive set of statements if we given condition is true otherwise execute another set of statements

26
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The nested if then else statement or if then else if statement

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Nested if then else selection structures test for multiple cases by placing if then else selection structures inside if then else structures

27
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Can we carry out a numeric comparison on text property

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We can carry out a numeric comparison on text property by using the val function

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What is input validation

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Input validation means to check whether the data entered by the user is correct or not.
Validation mein include checking whether the data is numeric check that data is in a particular range and check that any field has not been left blank

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Is numeric function

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The is numeric function checks whether its argument is numeric or not.
This function returns the value true if it’s argument is numeric or else it returns false.

30
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What is a loop

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Of repeating a set of statements for a specified number of times or until a condition is true is called looping.
The group of repeated statements is called a loop.

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What is an iteration

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A single execution of the statements in the loop is called an iteration.