User defined types?????

[MPrestonf12]

Can someone please explain what user defined types do. I have researched it and know that it is a variable that hold different data types, but how is it incorperated into a program do you have to assign values to them>?? Thanks in advance

Here is an example of a UDT for a Role-Playing game. As you can see it's a data-type that contains elements that are essential for the player such as X position, Y postion, Strength, Hitpoints etc.

Private Type PLAYER
    X As Integer
    Y As Integer
    Hitpoints As Integer
    Strength As Integer
    Defence As Integer
    Level As Integer
End Type

Because we have that template we can now create "copies" of it and assign values to it.

Private Sub Command1_Click()

    Dim Player1 As PLAYER
    
    Player1.Hitpoints = 30
    Player1.Strength = 10
    Player1.Defence = 5
    Player1.X = 10
    Player1.Y = 10

End Sub

If we want more player's, we can create more.

Dim Player2 As PLAYER
Dim Player3 As PLAYER

[MPrestonf12]

Thanks megatron that cleared up alot of my questions!!