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Assignment (Cross Ref > OOP Details)

By Mike Prestwood

Access VBA versus Delphi: A side by side comparison between Access VBA and Delphi.

Operators

A language symbol used for assignment, comparison, computational, or as a logical.

Assignment

[Other Languages]

Languages Focus

Common assignment operators for languages include =, ==, and :=. An assignment operator allows you to assign a value to a variable. The value can be a literal value like "Mike" or 42 or the value stored in another variable or returned by a function.

Access VBA: =

Access uses = for it's assignment operator.

Syntax Example:

Dim Age As Integer

Dim FullName As String
    
FullName = "Randy Spitz"

Age = 38

Delphi: :=

Delphi uses := for it's assignment operator.

Syntax Example:

var

  FullName: String;

  Age: Integer;

begin

  FullName := "Randy Spitz";
  Age := 38;

end