VB Script - Part II

⇒Array Function:

Array: Returns a Variant containing an array. 

 

Syntax: Array(arglist)

 

Arguments:

 

arglist:

(required) argument is a comma-delimited list of values that are assigned to the elements of an array contained with the  Variant. If no arguments are specified, an array of zero length is created.

Example:

A = Array(10,20,30)

Print  A(0)                'Output --> 10
Print  A(1)                'Output --> 20
Print  A(2)                'Output -->30

  'Single dimensional Array with  five elements
Dim  Num(5)
Num(0)=10
Num(1)=20
Num(2)=30
Num(3)=40
Num(4)=50


Print  Num(0)                'Output --> 10
Print  Num(1)                'Output --> 20
Print  Num(2)                'Output -->30
Print  Num(3)                'Output -->40


'multidimensional array
Dim  DNum(3,2)
DNum(0,0)=10
DNum(0,1)=20
DNum(1,0)=30
DNum(1,1)=40
DNum(2,0)=50
DNum(2,1)=60


Print  DNum(0,0)                'Output --> 10
Print  DNum(0,1)                'Output --> 20
Print  DNum(1,0)                'Output -->30
Print  DNum(1,1)                'Output -->40
Print  DNum(2,0)                'Output -->50
Print  DNum(2,1)                'Output -->60

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⇒IsArray Function 

IsArray: Returns a Boolean value indicating whether a variable is an array.

 

Syntax: IsArray(varname)

 

Arguments:

varname:

Can be any variable.

 

Example: 

'IsArray

Dim Arr
Dim  NArr

Arr = Array(10,20,30)

Print  IsArray(Arr)            'Output -->True

Print  IsArray(NArr)            'Output -->False

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⇒LBound Function 

LBound: Returns the smallest available subscript for the indicated dimension of an array.

 

Syntax: LBound(arrayname[, dimension])

 

Arguments:

arrayname:	Name of the array variable; follows standard variable naming conventions.
dimension:	Whole number indicating which dimension's lower bound is returned. Use 1 for the first dimension, 2 for the second, and so on. If dimension is omitted, 1 is assumed.

 Example: 

'LBound 
Dim LArr
LArr = Array(10,20,30)
Print  Lbound(LArr,1)                 'Output --> 0

''multidimensional array
Dim  Lmarr(3,2)

Print  LBound(Lmarr,2)       'Output --> 0

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⇒UBound Function 

UBound: Returns the largest available subscript for the indicated dimension of an array.

 

Syntax: UBound(arrayname[, dimension])

 

Arguments:

 

arrayname:	(Required) Name of the array variable; follows standard variable naming conventions.
dimension:	(Optional) Whole number indicating which dimension's upper bound is returned. Use 1 for the first dimension,  2 for the second, and so on. If dimension is omitted, 1 is assumed.

Example: 

'UBound 

Dim UArr
UArr = Array(10,20,30)
Print  Ubound(UArr,1)                 'Output --> 2

''multidimensional array
Dim  Umarr(3,2,4)

Print  UBound(Umarr,1)       'Output --> 3
Print  UBound(Umarr,2)       'Output --> 2
Print  UBound(Umarr,3)       'Output --> 4

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⇒Date Function 

Date: Returns the current system date.

 

Syntax: Date 

Example: 

'Date Print Date 'Output -->Displays the current system date.

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⇒Time Function

Time: Returns a Variant of subtype Date indicating the current system time.

 

Syntax: Time 

Example:

'Time

Print Time                                  
'Output --> Displays the  current system time.

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⇒DateAdd Function 

DateAdd: Returns a date to which a specified time interval has been added. 

 

Syntax: DateAdd(interval, number, date)

 

Arguments:

 

interval:	(Required) String expression that is the interval you want to add. See Settings section for values.
number:	(Required) Numeric expression that is the number of interval you want to add. The numeric expression can either be positive, for dates in the future, or negative, for dates in the past.
date:	(Required) Variant or literal representing the date to which interval is added.

Example: 

'DateAdd 

Print  DateAdd("yyyy",1,"November 01, 2010")                
'Output-->11/1/2011

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⇒DateDiff Function 

DateDiff: Returns the number of intervals between two dates. 

 

Syntax: DateDiff(interval, date1, date2 [,firstdayofweek[, firstweekofyear]])

 

Arguments:

 

interval:	(Required) String expression that is the interval you want to use to calculate the differences between date1 and date2.
date1, date2:	(Required) Date expressions. Two dates you want to use in the calculation.
firstdayofweek:	(Optional) Constant that specifies the day of the week. If not specified, Sunday is assumed.
firstweekofyear:	(Optional) Constant that specifies the first week of the year. If not specified, the first week is assumed to be the week in which January 1 occurs.

Example: 

'DateDiff Print DateDiff("yyyy","November 01, 2008","November 01, 2009") 'Output--> 1

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⇒DatePart Function

DatePart: Returns the specified part of a given date.

 

Syntax: DatePart(interval, date[, firstdayofweek[, firstweekofyear]])

 

Arguments:

interval:	(Required) String expression that is the interval of time you want to return.
date:	(Required) Date expression you want to evaluate.
firstdayof week:	(Optional) Constant that specifies the day of the week. If not specified, Sunday is assumed.
firstweekofyear:	(Optional) Constant that specifies the first week of the year. If not specified, the first week is assumed to be the week in which January 1 occurs.

 

Example: 

'DatePart

Print DatePart("yyyy","November 01, 2008")          
'Output-->    2008

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⇒Day Function 

Day: Returns a whole number between 1 and 31, inclusive, representing the day of the month.

 

Syntax: Day(date)

 

date:

expression represent a date. If date contains Null, Null is returned.

 

Example: 

'Day

Print  Day("11-01-2010")                                        
'Output -->1

Print  Day("11/1/2010")                                                
'Output -->1

Print  Day("November 01, 2010")                            
'Output -->1

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⇒Month Function

Month: Returns a whole number between 1 and 12, inclusive, representing the month of the year.

 

Syntax: Month(date)

 

date:

expression represent a date. If date contains Null, Null is returned.

 

 Example: 

'Month 

Print  Month("11-01-2010")                                        
'Output -->11

Print  Month("11/1/2010")                                                
'Output -->11

Print  Month("November 01, 2010")                            
'Output -->11

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⇒MonthName Function

MonthName: Returns a string indicating the specified month.

 

Syntax: MonthName(month[, abbreviate])

 

Arguments:

 

month:	(Required) The numeric designation of the month. For example, January is 1, February is 2, and so on.
abbreviate:	(Optional) Boolean value that indicates if the month name is to be abbreviated. If omitted, the default is False, which means that the month name is not abbreviated.

Example: 

'MonthName

Print  MonthName(11,true)                                                  
'Output -->Nov

Print  MonthName(12,false)                                                
'Output -->December

Print  MonthName(9)                                                                
'Output -->September

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Weekday Function 

⇒Weekday:
 

Returns a whole number representing the day of the week. 

 

Syntax: Weekday(date, [firstdayofweek])

 

Arguments:

 

date:	Any expression that can represent a date. If date contains Null, Null is returned.
firstdayofweek:	A constant that specifies the first day of the week. If omitted, vbSunday is assumed.

Example: 

'Weekday

Print  Weekday("November 03, 2010")                                  
'Output -->4  (which means its a Wednesday)

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⇒WeekdayName Function 

WeekdayName: Returns a string indicating the specified day of the week.

 

Syntax: WeekdayName(weekday, abbreviate, firstdayofweek)

 

Arguments:

 

weekday:	(Required) The numeric designation for the day of the week. Numeric value of each day depends on setting of the  firstdayofweek setting.
abbreviate:	(Optional) Boolean value that indicates if the weekday name is to be abbreviated. If omitted, the default is False, which means that the weekday name is not abbreviated.
firstdayofweek:	(Optional) Numeric value indicating the first day of the week.

Example: 

'WeekdayName

Print  WeekdayName(4)                                  
'Output -->Wednesday

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⇒Year Function 

Year: Returns a whole number representing the year.

 

Syntax: Year(date)

 

Arguments:

date:

Any expression that can represent a date. If date contains Null, Null is returned.

 

Example: 

'Year 

Print  Year("11-01-2010")                                        
'Output -->2010

Print  Year("11/1/2010")                                                
'Output -->2010

Print  Year("November 01, 2010")                            
'Output -->2010

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⇒Hour Function 

Hour: Returns a whole number between 0 and 23, inclusive, representing the hour of the day. 

 

Syntax: Hour(time)

 

Arguments:

 

time:

is any expression that can represent a time. If time contains Null, Null is returned.

 

 Example: 

'Hour 

Print  Hour(Now)                                 
'Output -->Displays the current system hour.

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⇒Minute Function

Minute: Returns a whole number between 0 and 59, inclusive, representing the minute of the hour.

 

Syntax: Minute(time)

 

Arguments:

 

time:

is any expression that can represent a time. If time contains Null, Null is returned.

Example: 

'Minute

Print  Minute(Now)                                 
'Output -->Displays the current system minute.

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⇒Second Function 

Second: Returns a whole number between 0 and 59, inclusive, representing the second of the minute. 

 

Syntax: Second(time)

 

Arguments:

 

time:

is any expression that can represent a time. If time contains Null, Null is returned.

Example: 

'Second


Print  Second(Now)                                 
'Output -->Displays the current system Second.

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⇒Now Function 

Now: Returns the current date and time according to the setting of your computer's system date and time.

 

Syntax: Now

 

Example: 

'Now

Print  Now                                     
'Output -->Displays the current system date & time.

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⇒TimeSerial Function

TimeSerial: Returns a Variant of subtype Date containing the time for a specific hour, minute, and second.

 

Syntax: TimeSerial(hour, minute, second)

 

Arguments:

 

hour:	Number between 0 (12:00 A.M.) and 23 (11:00 P.M.), inclusive, or a numeric expression.
minute:	Any numeric expression.
second:	Any numeric expression.

Example: 

'TimeSerial

Print  Timeserial(13,30,00)                    
'Output -->1:30:00 PM

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⇒TimeValue Function 

TimeValue: Returns a Variant of subtype Date containing the time.

 

Syntax: TimeValue(time)

 

Arguments:

 

time:

is usually a string expression representing a time from 0:00:00 (12:00:00 A.M.) to 23:59:59 (11:59:59 P.M.), inclusive. However, time can also be any expression that represents a time in that range. If time contains Null, Null is returned.

Example: 

'TimeValue

Print  TimeValue("16:30:00")            
'Output -->4:30:00 PM