All variables in ASP are defined as Variants. What does this mean to you? You will never need to declare a variable as an string or integer you just declare it. Here is an example of how you may assign variables:
Example (example3.asp):
<@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %> <%
'First we will declare a few variables.
Dim SomeText
Dim SomeNum
'Next we will assign a value to these.
SomeText = "ASP is great!"
SomeNum = 1
'Note that SomeText is a string and SomeNum is numeric.
'Next we will display these to the user.
Response.Write(SomeText)
Response.Write(SomeNum)
'You may also add (append) HTML code to these.
Response.Write ("Right now you are thinking that " & SomeText)
%>
You can also mix HTML and ASP. In the following example I will show you this. It is the same as example three but the comments will be removed.
Example (example3b.asp):
<@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %> <%
Dim SomeText
Dim SomeNum
SomeText = "ASP is great!"
SomeNum = 1
%>
<HTML>
<TITLE>Example 3b</TITLE>
<BODY>
<CENTER>Example 3b</CENTER>
<BR><BR>
Right now you are thinking that <%=SomeText%>
<BR><BR>
We have also defined SomeNum with the value of <%=SomeNum%>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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