Contents

 Definition

 Operators

 Functions

 Statements
Definition
What is a scripting language?

• A scripting language is a programming language that is interpreted rather than

compilation. It is lot more easy to learn, when compared to any programming
language like C.

What is VBScript?

• A subset of the Visual Basic Programming Language

• A programming language that does not follow some of the strict standards of some
other scripting languages (i.e. JavaScript is case sensitive, VBScript is not).
Operators

 Arithmetic Operators
- Operators used to perform mathematical calculations 
results in a number.

Ex: +, - , *, / (Floating Point), \ (Integer), ^ (Power)

 Comparison Operators
- Operators used to perform comparisons (compares like types of things) 
results in a Boolean value (true or false)

Ex: = (assign), <> (Not Equal), < (Less Than), > (Greater Than)
Operators
 Logical Operators
- Operators used to perform logical operations (combines Boolean values)

results in a Boolean value.

Ex: NOT (Logical Negation) – [ NOT 1 = 0 / NOT 0 = 1]

AND (Logical Conjunction) – [1 AND 1 =1 / 1 AND x = 0]
OR (Logical Disjunction) – [0 OR 0 = 0 / 1 OR x = 1]
XOR (Logical Exclusion) – [0 XOR 0 = 1 / 1 XOR x = 0]

 Concatenation Operators
- Operators used to combine strings.

Ex: & Operator, + Operator

Functions
 Date/Time Functions

 Conversion Function

 Math Functions

 Array Functions

 String Functions
Date/Time Functions
Date
Returns the current system date.

DateAdd
Returns a date to which a specified time interval has been added.
Syntax : DateAdd(interval,number,date)
Day
Returns a number between 1 and 31 that represents the day of the month.
Syntax : Day(date)

There are other similar functions also. Like Time, Hour, Minute
Conversion Function
Asc
Converts the first letter in a string to ANSI code, and returns the result.
Syntax : Asc(string)

CDate
Converts a valid date and time expression to the variant of subtype Date,
and returns the result.
Syntax : CDate(date)

Other conversion functions available are, chr, CInt, Clng, CStr, Hex, Oct.
Math Functions
Int
Returns the integer part of a specified number .
Syntax : Int(number)

Abs
Returns the absolute value of a specified number
Syntax : Abs(number)

Sin
Returns the sine of a specified number (angle).
Syntax : Sin(number)

Other math functions available are, Cos, Tan, Exp, Sqr, Sgn,
Array Functions
Array
Returns a variant containing an array .
Syntax : Array(arglist)

IsArray
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a specified variable is an
array. If the variable is an array, it returns True, otherwise, it returns False.
Syntax : IsArray(variable)

LBound
Returns the smallest subscript for the indicated dimension of an array.
Syntax : LBound(arrayname[,dimension])

Split
Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array that contains a specified
number of substrings.
Syntax : Split(expression[,delimiter[,count[,compare]]])

Other array functions available are UBound, Filter, Join.

String Functions
String
Returns a string that contains a repeating character of a specified length.
Syntax : String(number,character)

StrComp
Compares two strings and returns a value that represents the result of the
comparison.
Syntax : StrComp(string1,string2[,compare])

StrReverse
Reverses a string .
Syntax : StrReverse(string)

Other string functions available are, Len, Trim, RTrim, Ltrim, Instr.
 Custom Functions

• Syntax to create User Defined Functions

Function <FunctionName>
Statement 1
Statement 2
.
Statement n
Var1 = FunctionName
End Function
Statements

Conditional Statements

Looping Statements
Conditional Statements
Three Conditional Statements :

 If statement - use this statement if you want to execute a set of code when a
condition is true.
Syntax : If condition Then
statement1
statement2
End if

 If...Then...Else statement - use this statement if you want to select one of two
sets of lines to execute.
Syntax : If condition Then
statement
Else
statement
End If
Conditional Statements
 If...Then...ElseIf statement - use this statement if you want to select one of many
sets of lines to execute.
Syntax : If condition1 Then
statement
ElseIf condition2 Then
statement
Else
statement
End if

 select case statement - use this statement if you want to select one of many sets of
lines to execute
Syntax : Select Case <expression>
Case condition1
statements
Case condition2
statements
End Select
Looping Statements

Four Looping Statements :

 For...Next statement - runs statements a specified number of times.

Syntax: For counter = start to end [Step step]
statement
Next

 For Each...Next statement - runs statements for each item in a collection or

each element of an array
Syntax: For Each item In ItemList
statement
Next
Looping Statements
 Do...Loop statement - loops while or until a condition is true
Syntax: Do [{while}{until}condition]
statement
Loop

 While...Wend statement - Do not use it - use the Do...Loop statement instead

Syntax: While condition
statement
Wend
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