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 Elementary Data Types (Strings)
 
 ■ Visual Basic supports two kinds of string data types:
 
   Data Type         Description
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   Variable-length   String containing up to 32,767 characters. The codes for
                     these characters range from 0 to 127 for regular ASCII
                     characters, and 128 - 255 for the extended ASCII
                     characters.
 
   Fixed-length      String containing a declared number of characters, no
                     more than 32,767. Like variable-length strings, fixed-
                     length strings may contain characters with ASCII codes
                     in the range 0 - 255.
 
 See: ◄ASCII Character Codes►  ◄Basic Data Types Summary►