Is # a reserve character?

[Susan Allen Wyoming]

Because I am a garden center, we use things like Feet and inches. I know that apostraphes are reserve characters but what about Pound signs "#"?

Thanks

Sue

 

[Susan Allen Wyoming]

PS - - Why is the folder red? This question isn't all that urgent?

Sue

 

[AlanS]

The pound sign is a "type declaration character", which is a reserved character that may be appended to a variable name to implicitly declare its type (in this case, Double). So, you should probably avoid using it in other contexts in your code, except within literal string values.

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[Peter D]

Yes, "#" is a reserved character. It is used to denote date fields, as in #3/23/01#.

It's best to not use it in variable names.

Hope this helps,

Peter De Baets
Peter's Software - MS Access shareware and freeware http://www.peterssoftware.com

 

[AlanS]

Thanks, Peter. I forgot about that other use for the pound character.