Can I simultaneously declare and assign a variable in VBA

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I m new to VBA and want to know if I can convert the following declaration and assignment into one line   Dim clientToTest As String clientToTest   clientsToTest i    or  Dim clientString As Variant clientString   Split clientToTest

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in fact  you can  but not that way   Sub MySub  Optional Byval Counter as Long 1   Optional Byval Events as Boolean  True    code     End Sub   And you can set the variables differently when calling the sub  or let them at their default values

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There is no shorthand in VBA unfortunately  The closest you will get is a purely visual thing using the   continuation character if you want it on one line for readability   Dim clientToTest As String   clientToTest   clientsToTest i  Dim clientString As Variant  clientString   Split clientToTest      Hint  summary of other answers comments   Works with objects too  Excel 2010    Dim ws  As Worksheet  Set ws   ActiveWorkbook Worksheets  Sheet1   Dim ws2 As New Worksheet  ws2 Name    test

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In some cases the whole need for declaring a variable can be avoided by using With statement   For example       Dim fd As Office FileDialog     Set fd   Application FileDialog msoFileDialogSaveAs      If fd Show Then          use fd SelectedItems 1      End If   this can be rewritten as      With Application FileDialog msoFileDialogSaveAs        If  Show Then          use  SelectedItems 1        End If     End With

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You can define and assign value as shown below in one line   I have given an example of two variables declared and assigned in single line  if the data type of multiple variables are same  Dim recordStart  recordEnd As Integer  recordStart   935  recordEnd   946

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You can sort-of do that with objects  as in the following   Dim w As New Widget   But not with strings or variants

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