VB6 - Using $

[wildgoosespeeder]

Yes this language is over 10 years old but it's the first coding language I ever learned and I can't leave it.

I've noticed some methods like "Mid()", "Dir()" and "Environ()" if you do "Mid$()", "Dir$()" and "Environ$()" it works with or without $. What's the point of $?

[Charles Stover]

Oh man, I don't believe I remember this. I Googled to make sure.

The $ denotes that it's a string. So while Function() may return an integer (such as the position of a character in a string), Function$() returns it as a string version of that position.

assuming first position is 0
Function('a', 'cat') # integer 1
Function$('a', 'cat') # string "1"

[wildgoosespeeder]

I could have Googled it but I just didn't know what to search for.

Thanks for the help!