Name Redefined

[James]

Should be a simple question...not sure why this ISN'T having a problem:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Shouldn't that fire a "Name Redefined" error the way this does:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Dim y

[Aaron [SQL Server MVP]]

The parser is pretty stupid. In the second case, it reads through the code
(without executing the loop) and sees two identical Dim statements. It has
nothing to do with how many times the statement is actually executed; only
with how many times it appears.

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"James" <le********@ver izon.net> wrote in message
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Should be a simple question...not sure why this ISN'T having a problem:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Shouldn't that fire a "Name Redefined" error the way this does:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Dim y

[James]

Makes sense...just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Thanks.

"Aaron [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraa> wrote in message
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The parser is pretty stupid. In the second case, it reads through the code (without executing the loop) and sees two identical Dim statements. It has nothing to do with how many times the statement is actually executed; only
with how many times it appears.

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"James" <le********@ver izon.net> wrote in message
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Should be a simple question...not sure why this ISN'T having a problem:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Shouldn't that fire a "Name Redefined" error the way this does:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Dim y

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

Now that you have your answer, may I ask if you are really planning on
dimming something in a loop like this? Or were you just playing around
trying to get an error?

Ray at work

"James" <le********@ver izon.net> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. ..

Should be a simple question...not sure why this ISN'T having a problem:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Shouldn't that fire a "Name Redefined" error the way this does:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Dim y

[James]

LOL, no...I don't intend to design something like this. Long story short,
I have an ENORMOUS page built by someone else in our company that's long
since departed. From a bare glance at the page, I knew where I needed to
put my add on, but I wasn't sure if I was inside any kind of a loop. The
code is horribly indented/commented. Curiousity sparked my example. I
ended up having to document/format the page anyway. I wasn't intending to
proceed without knowing exactly what was going on anyway. Just curiousity
=).

"Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote in
message news:Oa******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P12.phx.gbl...

Now that you have your answer, may I ask if you are really planning on
dimming something in a loop like this? Or were you just playing around
trying to get an error?

Ray at work

"James" <le********@ver izon.net> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. ..

Should be a simple question...not sure why this ISN'T having a problem:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Shouldn't that fire a "Name Redefined" error the way this does:

For x = 1 to 5
Dim y
Next

Dim y

[Stefan Berglund]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:06:24 -0400, "Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name
at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:
in <Oa************ *@TK2MSFTNGP12. phx.gbl>

Now that you have your answer, may I ask if you are really planning on
dimming something in a loop like this? Or were you just playing around
trying to get an error?

Ray at work

It makes no matter where your Dims appear as long as they precede any
reference to the variable. I put all my Dims right where the variable
is used the first time which makes for more readable code IMHO.
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[Mark Schupp]

IIRC it doesn't matter where you put your dims as long as they are in the
same scope as the variable reference. Try this.

<%@ Language=VBScri pt %>
<%

data = "here I am"

dim data

Response.Write data
%>

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"Stefan Berglund" <ke****@in.theg roups> wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:06:24 -0400, "Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name
at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:
in <Oa************ *@TK2MSFTNGP12. phx.gbl>

Now that you have your answer, may I ask if you are really planning on
dimming something in a loop like this? Or were you just playing around
trying to get an error?

Ray at work

It makes no matter where your Dims appear as long as they precede any
reference to the variable. I put all my Dims right where the variable
is used the first time which makes for more readable code IMHO.
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Stefan Berglund

[Stefan Berglund]

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:33:22 -0700, "Mark Schupp" <no******@email .net>
wrote:
in <uj************ **@TK2MSFTNGP14 .phx.gbl>

IIRC it doesn't matter where you put your dims as long as they are in the
same scope as the variable reference. Try this.

<%@ Language=VBScri pt %>
<%

data = "here I am"

dim data

Response.Wri te data
%>

Interesting. VBScript is more forgiving than VB6.
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Stefan Berglund