Can You Give A Detailed Explanation Of The Terms DIM And END As Used In BASIC?

DIM means DIMENSION
whenever you used it as

Dim i as Integer

you declare the 'i' as an integer type variable.
Dim used in format:

DIM [as ]

when you omit "as Integer" on the example above, you declare that variable as a VARIANT... meaning it can accept any data type

Another thing is the scope where you declare a variable using Dim:

-when you declare it inside any Procedure or Function, that variable can only be used inside that Procedure or Function
-when you declare it on the "General", it is known in the entire form
-when you declare it on the "General" of a Module, it is known in the entire Project.

If you have an MSDN, you can see there the complete details.


END commands the program to terminate itself. Whenever the program encounters an End command, it stops and closes the program.

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