Error declaring a variable in ASP

Question

I'm declaring a string variable this way in classic ASP: ``` Dim i As String ``` And getting this error: ``` Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0401' Expected end of statement /retencion/Estadisticas/Detail.asp, line 10, column 6 Dim i As String -----^ ``` Why is that?

Accepted Answer

Classic ASP is written in VBScript and isn't Visual Basic itself, so you can't declare things as strings. Loosely typed I think is the phrase to describe it. Basically, you have to leave out the "as" and anything after it.

Try:

```
<%
Dim i

'you can now use the variable as you want.
i = "whatever"
%>
```

Error declaring a variable in ASP

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