Rockwell Automation 2708-NBD VBASIC Language Development Kit - Manual (Page 67)

A-B VBASIC and Visual BASIC
Appendix B
Differences Between
B–19
TIME$ = “15450000” ‘ Sets time to 3:45:00.00
TIMER
Returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight. As a single precision
value this is accurate to 1/100th of a second. Measurements with this
function can be in error if they span midnight. See also the EGG device.
StartTime = TIMER
FOR X = 1 TO 500: NEXT X
EndTime = TIMER
Elapsed = EndTime – StartTime
TYPE usertype
elementname AS typename
elementname AS typename
END TYPE
Defines a data type containing one or more elements. An element cannot be
the name of an array.
TYPE EmpType
Badge AS STRING * 8
Name AS STRING * 25
CodeNum AS INTEGER
END TYPE
UBOUND(array[,dimension])
Returns the upper bound (largest available subscript) for the indicated
dimension of an array. See VBDOS manual for specific details.
UCASE$(stringexpression)
Returns a string expression with all letters in uppercase.
A$ = UCASE$(“Now is the time for all...”)
A$ now contains: NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL...
VAL(stringexpression)
Returns the numeric value of a string of digits. See VBDOS manual for
specific details.
CheckAmt$ = “123.45”
Amount = VAL(CheckAmt$)
‘Amount will now contain 123.45
WHILE condition
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