' String" Dim a As String = "hello, world" Dim b As String = "hello world" Dim c As String = "Joe said ""Hello"" to me" Dim d As String = "\\\\server\\share\\file.txt" ' Character ""C "c"C "cc"C ' Date d = #5/31/1993# or # 01/01/0001 12:00:00AM # ' Number 123_456___789 123_ &b10101_01010