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Robert,

The variable type identifiers require no more memory than an explicit type
declaration.  i.e. "Dim strName$" is exactly the same as "Dim strName As
String" in terms of how the variable is stored.

However, according to  the <A
HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q110/2/64.htm">LONG Microsoft
Consulting Services Naming Conventions for VB</A>, these type identifier
suffixes are not recommended.

I can confirm from long experience in many development teams that they are
a nuisance.  For instance, if you want to find all references to a variable
and you highlight the declaration, "strName$," the search will not find
places where the variable is referred to as "strName."  What is  the name
of this variable?  Does it have a "$" in it or not?  The answer is, yes, it
has a "$" in it or not.

Do yourself and your colleagues a favor.  Don't use them.

-- 
Chuck Bonner
Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.
Chuck.Bonner@stoneweb.com

Robert Standefer <see.my.sig@nospam.com> wrote in article
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> Do variable type identifiers (such as $ for string, % for integer) use
more
> memory?
> 
> Thanks.
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> } // Robert
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