Visual Basic quite basic question

Donīt laugh, Iīm not a programmer!

[Eugenios]

Hello

In visual basic 6:

L = 1#

What is the # for?

Does it changes the variable type definition temporaly?

Thanks

[Eugenios]

This is the line of code that puzzles me:

yStep = 1# / (m_cDib.Height / (m_scale * 2#))

Canīt figure out what is the # used for.

Thanks

[Nutter]

It's been a while, but I think it has something to do with forcing a variable to be a certain type. I'm thinking it's a long.

You might check over in the ASP / .Net forum.

- Ryan

[Eugenios]

Yes, thanks. It seems thatīs the use of the #.

The xStep variable is defined as DOUBLE. So I guess that using the # forces the number to be the same type as the variable.

Anyway, I deleted the # from the code and it still works.

Thanks!

Enrique