Difference between string and string variant

[love79]

Hey guys can u tell me an anwer of one basic question

what is the difference between String and String Variant

[dglienna]

VB declares all variables as variant unless you declare them as something else.
There isn't really a string variant. It would be just a variant.
Variants waste memory.

[Static]

A string holds text... a variant holds anything.. (Objects, Numbers, Arrays, Text)

so you can put a string in a variant.. but if you know it will be a string.. declare as a string. (Uses less memory)

[baja_yu]

You should NEVER use variants as they consume too much memory and working with variants is much slower then with a regular type variable. So remember to always declare your variables properly.

[love79]

THanks a lot i got it

[Jacob Roman]

While variants (only if numbers are being used) are 16 bytes (128 bits), if a string is used in there, it becomes a string variant, and ends up being 22 bytes + word lenght! It would compute a whole lot slower than a regular string. So always declare your variables.