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• 04-21-2006, 4:55 AM

  aaaa0441 Joined on 02-10-2006, 6:18 AM Posts 0

  What the meaning of colon sign ":" in asp syntax? Reply Contact I found the following asp code with colon sign ":" used. Is it any special type of variable declaration or initialization? Anyway, what's the use of it? ' Initialize common variables x_CompanyID = Null: ox_CompanyID = Null x_CompanyName = Null: ox_CompanyName = Null x_ROC = Null: ox_ROC = Null x_PostalAddress = Null: ox_PostalAddress = Null x_WebsiteAddress = Null: ox_WebsiteAddress = Null

• 04-21-2006, 9:25 AM

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  tomkmvp Joined on 03-20-2003, 10:27 AM Central NJ Posts 6,079	Re: What the meaning of colon sign ":" in asp syntax? Reply Contact It just allows you to put a second set of commands on the same line. Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://blogs.iis.net/tomkmvp/ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/690/408 http://www.bluesrepublic.org/

• 04-22-2006, 12:48 AM

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  aaaa0441 Joined on 02-10-2006, 6:18 AM Posts 0	Re: What the meaning of colon sign ":" in asp syntax? Reply Contact Thanks, man. So we can use colon sign to merge as many lines as we want into one line in ASP?

• 04-24-2006, 8:49 AM

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  florian_mrt Joined on 02-17-2006, 2:42 AM Posts 0

  Re: What the meaning of colon sign ":" in asp syntax? Reply Contact Yeah. eg: x_CompanyID = Null: ox_CompanyID = Null: x_CompanyName = Null: ox_CompanyName = Null: x_ROC = Null: ox_ROC = Null: x_PostalAddress = Null: ox_PostalAddress = Null: x_WebsiteAddress = Null: ox_WebsiteAddress = Null Is the same as (and if you like, should normally be): x_CompanyID = Null ox_CompanyID = Null x_CompanyName = Null ox_CompanyName = Null x_ROC = Null ox_ROC = Null x_PostalAddress = Null ox_PostalAddress = Null x_WebsiteAddress = Null ox_WebsiteAddress = Null In this case it's quite understandable why the code writer has used several code lines in a single line, but its not a recommended approach to keep your code clean and overseeable. If you're a C++, pascal or PHP programmor, a colon in ASP is the same as a semicolon in these other languages for multiple code statements on a single line.

• 04-24-2006, 11:43 AM

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  aaaa0441 Joined on 02-10-2006, 6:18 AM Posts 0	Re: What the meaning of colon sign ":" in asp syntax? Reply Contact Thank you. ^_^