What is the importance of the Option statement?

The Option statement is used to prevent syntax and logical errors in code. The possible suffixes of this statement are:

• Option Explicit: Is the default abd is On. Option Explicit requires declaration of all variables before they are used.
• Option Compare: This can be set to Binary or Text and it specifies if stringsp are to be compared using binary or text comparison operations.
• Option Strict: The default is Off. An example: If value of one data type is assigned to another then Visual Basic will consider that as an error. If you want to assign a value of one Type to another then you should set it to On and use the conversion functions.

Example using the Option Statement.

The following code does not perform any special function but will show where to place an Option statement.

Option Strict Off
Imports System
Module Module 1
Sub Main ()
Console.WriteLine (“Using Option”)
End Sub
End Module

Written by Sandeep Mogulla, Webmaster at www.startvbdotnet.com

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