String Data Type

There are two kinds of strings: variable-length and fixed-length strings.

• A variable-length string can contain up to approximately 2 billion (2^31) characters.
• A fixed-length string can contain 1 to approximately 64K (2^16) characters.

  Note
  A Public fixed-length string can't be used in a class module.

The codes for String characters range from 0-255. The first 128 characters (0-127) of the character set correspond to the letters and symbols on a standard U.S. keyboard. These first 128 characters are the same as those defined by the ASCII character set. The second 128 characters (128-255) represent special characters, such as letters in international alphabets, accents, currency symbols, and fractions. The type-declaration character for String is the dollar sign ($).