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PERLANDACCESS VBATOC

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End of Statement◄╣

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End of Statement (Perl and Access VBA Cross Reference Guide)

By Mike Prestwood

Perl versus Access VBA: A side by side comparison between Perl and Access VBA.

Language Basics

Language basics is kind of a catch all for absolute beginner stuff. The items (common names) I chose for language basics is a bit random and include items like case sensitivity, commenting, declaring variables, etc.

End of Statement

[Other Languages]

Languages Focus

In coding languages, common End of statement specifiers include a semicolon and return (others exist too). Also of concern when studying a language is can you put two statements on a single code line and can you break a single statement into two or more code lines.

Perl: ;

Syntax Example:

print "Hello";

Access VBA: Return

A return marks the end of a statement and you cannot combine statements on a single line of code. You can break a single statement into two or more code lines by using a space and underscore " _".

Syntax Example:

MsgBox "Hello1"
MsgBox "Hello2"
MsgBox "Hello3"

'The following commented code on a single line does not work...
'MsgBox "Hello4"  MsgBox "Hello5"
 
'Two or more lines works too with a space+underscore:
MsgBox _
 "Hello6";