# Microsoft Knowledge Base

## XL5: Constant Tip Is Incorrect

Last reviewed: September 12, 1996 Article ID: Q119998
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0

## SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel Help, the Visual Basic Reference states the following:

       TIP: The special characters left bracket ([), question mark (?), number
       sign (#), and asterisk (*) can be used to match themselves directly only
       by enclosing them in brackets. The right bracket ([) can't be used
       within a group to match itself, but in can be used outside a group as an
       individual character. Constants can make your programs self documenting
       and easier to modify. Unlike variables, constants can't be inadvertently
       changed while your program is running.

Part of this information is out of place. The special characters left bracket ([), question mark (?), number sign (#), and asterisk (*) are actually part of the Note for the Like Operator.

The tip should read:

       TIP: Constants can make your programs self-documenting and easier to
       modify. Unlike variables, constants can't be inadvertently changed while
       your program is running.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

## MORE INFORMATION

To locate this documentation error, do the following:

1. From the Help menu, choose Contents, and choose Programming With Visual Basic.

2. Choose the Search button, and in the Search dialog box, type "Const" (without the quotation marks).

3. Choose Show Topics, then choose Go To.

The Tip contains the error.

> KBCategory: kbusage kbdocerr
> KBSubcategory:

> Additional reference words: 5.00

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Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
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