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 Statements
 
 ■ A statement is a syntactically complete unit of code that expresses one
   specific kind of action, declaration, or definition.
 
 ■ In Visual Basic, usually only one statement per line is allowed. However,
   you can use a colon (:) to combine statements. See: ◄Program Line►
 
 ■ A statement can be either executable or nonexecutable:
 
   Type                 Description
   ══════════════       ════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   Executable           A statement that Visual Basic translates into a
                        specific action at run time.
   Nonexecutable        A statement that defines or declares but does not
                        affect the logic of the program; for example, an
                        assignment statement is a nonexecutable statement.
 
 ■ All Visual Basic statements are executable except:
 
         COMMON                        CONST
         DATA                          DECLARE
         DEFtype                       DIM (for static arrays)
         LET                           Metacommands
         OPTION BASE                   OPTION EXPLICIT
         REM                           SHARED
         STATIC                        TYPE...END TYPE
 
 ■ An "assignment statement" assigns a value to a variable or property
   reference. For example:
 
         Text1.Text = "Your name"
 
   assigns the expression "Your name" to the Text property for a text box
   control.
 
 ■ When you use an assignment statement, both sides of the statement must be
   either string or numeric values. For example:
 
         Lastname$ = "Edmark"
 
   See: ◄LET Statement►
 
 ■ A statement can also be described as "current." The current statement is
   the next line to be executed during debugging.