{"id":12164,"date":"2012-10-14T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T12:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learnexcelmacro.com\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2022-08-12T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:13:28","slug":"declaring-multiple-variables-with-one-dim-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/2012\/10\/declaring-multiple-variables-with-one-dim-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Important : Declaring multiple Variables with one Dim Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends,<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs you know in VBA variables are declared using <a href=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/2012\/04\/excel-programming-vba-variable\/\" traget=\"_blank\"><font color=#AB0101><strong> Dim Statement<\/strong><\/font><\/a>. You have also learnt about how to declare a variable in VBA in the previous articles. You have also learnt about <a href=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/2012\/10\/option-explicit-declaration-of-variables-in-macro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=#AB0101><strong> Implicit and explicit option variables.<\/strong><\/font><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font color=#AB0101><strong>Here is a question:<\/strong><\/font> In below image there are two ways of declaring three variables VAR1, VAR2 and VAR3 as an integer type. <strong>Is there any difference between two ways of declarations?<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font color=#AB0101><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/font> Yes there is a difference between both the declaration. To know what is the difference read the explanation \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/10\/Variable-Declaration.png\" alt=\"Multiple Variable Declaration in Single Statement\" title=\"Multiple Variable Declaration in Single Statement\" width=\"730\" height=\"235\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2545\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Explanation:<\/h2>\n<p>In VBA one can declare more than one variables with a single Dim statement as written below:<\/p>\n<p><font color=#AB0101>Dim VAR1, VAR2, VAR3 As Integer<\/font><\/p>\n<p>From the above way of declaration, usually we think that all the above 3 variables are declared as &#8220;Integer&#8221; Type. But this is NOT correct. Only the last variable VAR3 is declared as Integer and rest 2 variables are declared as Variant Type. (Note: Default type of variables in VBA is Variant). The above declaration is functionally equivalent to the following:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<font color=#AB0101><br \/>\nDim VAR1 As Variant<br \/>\nDim VAR2 As Variant<br \/>\nDim VAR3 As Integer<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Still if you want to declare all the three variables of Integer type with one Dim Statement then <font color=#AB0101><i>As Type modifier<\/i><\/font> must be used for each variable declared with the Dim statement as below:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=#AB0101>Dim VAR1 As Integer, VAR2 As Integer, VAR3 As Integer<\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Coming to the question on top, with the explanation given above it is clear that both the declarations are<font color=#AB0101><strong> NOT the same<\/strong><\/font> but the below two ways of declarations are exactly same:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/10\/Variable-Declaration-2.png\" alt=\"Multiple Variable Declaration in Single Statement\" title=\"Multiple Variable Declaration in Single Statement\" width=\"730\" height=\"298\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2546\" \/><\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends, &nbsp; As you know in VBA variables are declared using Dim Statement. 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