From:	IN%"Mark.Jacobson@uni.edu"  "MARK JACOBSON" 14-JUN-2000 15:28:27.16
To:	IN%"810-030-01@uni.edu"
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Subj:	Comments in Visual Basic, single quote...

Hi VB students,

     The apostrophe or single quote character in Visual Basic means
  the rest of that line is a COMMENT, and is written to document or
  explain the code.  The compiler will ignore the line.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ' Written by:  Mark Jacobson
  '   Due date:  Thursday, June 15th, by 5 p.m.
  '              This program has 5 different comments, count the ' to see.

  Private Sub cmdSayHello_Click()

      MsgBox "Hello - Sturgis Falls Days is close"

      MsgBox "12 squared is "  &  12 * 12            '  * for multiplication

  End Sub         ' <--- That is the end of this SUB and this is a comment...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

  Page 84 of the textbook explains the Comment Keywords.  You can
    use REM or Rem, which is short for remark, but most all Visual Basic
    programmers use the single quote (also called apostrophe) character
    to allow comments.   Use ' instead of Rem for comments.

  The line continuation character is explained on page 85.  An underscore
    preceeded by a space means the next line will be a continuation of
    the statement written on this line.  It was too long for one line.

  Mark