Print and Display Constants

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11/16/2012

When you call print and display functions, you can use the following constants in your code in place of the actual values.

ControlChars Module Members

Member	Constant	Equivalent	Description
CrLf	vbCrLf	Chr(13) + Chr(10)	Carriage-return/linefeed character combination.
Cr	vbCr	Chr(13)	Carriage-return character.
Lf	vbLf	Chr(10)	Linefeed character.
NewLine	vbNewLine	Chr(13) + Chr(10)	Newline character.
NullChar	vbNullChar	Chr(0)	Character having value 0.
n/a	vbNullString	String having value 0	Not the same as a zero-length string (""); used for calling external procedures.
n/a	vbObjectError	-2147221504	Error number. User-defined error numbers should be greater than this value. For example: Err.Number = vbObjectError + 1000
Tab	vbTab	Chr(9)	Tab character.
Back	vbBack	Chr(8)	Backspace character.
FormFeed	vbFormFeed	Chr(12)	Not useful in Microsoft Windows.
VerticalTab	vbVerticalTab	Chr(11)	Not useful in Microsoft Windows.
Quote	n/a	Chr(34)	Quotation mark character (" or ') used to enclose values.

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic

**Module:**Constants

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

See Also

Concepts

Intrinsic Constants and Enumerations

Constants Overview

Constants Declared by Visual Basic

Reference

Print, PrintLine Functions

Write, WriteLine Functions