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In the bad old days, I only used constants as a way to assign names to values. Things like this, for example: Private Const DaysInWeek As Integer = 7 However, these days most of my variables are ...

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Developers use application programming interfaces to hide complexity, organize code, design reusable components, and connect different systems, applications, or services. The term API stands for ...