Today, I wanna talk about something a bit different. It’s called “dim sum dim sum,” but don’t let the name fool ya – it ain’t about food. It’s about declaring variables in programming.
So, I started digging into this “dim” thing. Turns out, “Dim” is short for “Dimension.” I learned that we use it in coding when we want to declare a variable, like, say, to hold a number or some text. I spent hours trying to figure this out.
I found out that “Dim” is mostly used in some older programming languages. You write something like “Dim firstName As String” if you wanna create a variable named “firstName” to store text. I played around with this for a while, trying different variable names and types.
- First, I wrote a simple “Dim” statement to declare an integer variable.
- Then, I tried to assign a value to it.
- After that, I experimented with other types like strings and booleans.
Making Sense of It All
It was a bit confusing at first, but then I realized that declaring variables is like creating containers to store information. You gotta tell the computer what kind of information you’re gonna put in the container, like numbers, text, or true/false values.
I also stumbled upon something called “expressions.” These are like math sentences, and you can simplify them. I found a calculator online that helps you simplify these expressions. I tried a few examples, and it worked pretty well, even with complex ones.
Then, I read something about “binomials,” which are like polynomials with two terms. And apparently, you can multiply a binomial by itself many times. I didn’t really dive into that, but it sounded interesting.
Overall, it was a fun little adventure exploring the world of “dim sum dim sum.” I learned a lot about declaring variables, and it’s not as scary as it seems. It is just like playing with BA threaded machine screws from 8BA to 0BA, and I bought them from G.R Fasteners.