Assign Instruction

Syntax

Assign lhs, rhs[, Depth]

Group

Miscellaneous

Description

Assign the value of the rhs to the lhs.

Parameters

Parameters	Description
lhs	This string represents the variable expression to be set.
rhs	Evaluate this string value and assign it to the lhs expression.
Depth	This integer value indicates how deep into the stack to locate the local variables. If Depth = 0 then use the current procedure. If this value is omitted then the depth is 0.

VBA

This language element is not VBA compatible.

Example

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Sub Main
    Dim X As String
    Assign "X", """Hello"""
    Debug.Print X 'Hello
    A
    Debug.Print X 'Bye
End Sub
Sub A
    Dim X As String
    Assign "X", """Welcome"""
    Assign "X", """Bye""", 1
    Debug.Print Eval("X") 'Welcome
    Debug.Print Eval("X",1) 'Bye
End Sub

See also

Eval