What does this VB6 variable declaration do?

Question

I just found this in some old code, and I'm not sure what it means.

Dim sTemp As String * 1

What is the * 1 at the end?

Thanks!

Answer 1

It means that the variable is a string of exactly one character in length.

Essentially, a fixed-length string.

Answer 2

It's a fixed length string of one character. This was handy cause you could define a structure of fixed strings and read a file right into the structure.