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Forcing Declaration of Variables: Option Explicit

 
Option Explicit
Sub CalcCost() ' revised CalcCost procedure
    ' declaration of variables
    Dim slsPrice As Currency
    Dim slsTax As Single
    Dim cost As Currency
    Dim strMsg As String

    slsPrice = 35
    slsTax = 0.085
    cost = Format(slsPrice + (slsPrice * slsTax), "0.00")
    strMsg = "The calculator total is " & "$" & cost & "."

    MsgBox strMsg
End Sub








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1.Declaring Variables
2.To declare a variable in VBA use the Dim (short for Dimension) statement.
3.Variable declaration is required with Option Explicit and a module level variable (answer) is declared.
4.If you're going to declare multiple variables on one line, make sure each variable is specifically declared
5.Variables can also be declared in the declarations section at the top of a module