Description

The Sub statement declares the name, arguments, and code that form the body of a Sub procedure.

This statement has the following form:

[Public [Default] | Private] Sub name [(arglist)]
   [statements]
   [Exit Sub] 
   [statements]
End Sub 

Parameter	Description
Public	(optional) A keyword that specifies that the constant is available to all procedures in all scripts
Default	(optional) A keyword that is used only with the Public keyword in a Class block to indicate that the Sub procedure is the default method for the class. An error occurs if more than one Default procedure is specified in a class.
Private	(optional) A keyword that specifies that the constant is only available within the script where the declaration is made
name	(required) Specifies the name of the sub Note: name must follow the standard variable naming conventions
arglist	Specifies a list of variables representing arguments that are passed to the Sub procedure when it is called This argument has the following syntax and parts: [ByVal | ByRef] varname[( )] ByVal - Indicates that the argument is passed by value ByRef - Indicates that the argument is passed by reference (if both ByVal and ByRef are omitted, the default is ByRef) varname - Specifies the name of the variable representing the argument; follows standard variable naming conventions Note: Commas separate multiple variables
statements	Any group of statements to be executed within the body of the Sub procedure

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this statement:

DisplaySum 1, 2

Sub DisplaySum(value1, value2)
    Dim sum

    sum = value1 + value2

    MsgBox "The sum is: " & sum
End Sub

This produces the following result (each line in a separate pop-up message box):

Miscellaneous Information

Supported in Version:	1.0