>I agree, but you don't need to assign a value to MyString when you declare it. You can do it later in the code. I don't really see a difference between string and var here. In either case, you're not going to just define the variable. You're always going to assign a value and use it someplace.
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>>Try to compile
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>>var MyString;  // it won't
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>>but this will
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>>var MyString = "";
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>>In other words, if the compiler cannot 'derive' the type, it won't compile
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>>update: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384061.aspx
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Craig,

Can you

either provide some code where you declare a variable with 'var' without initializing it, that will compile

or retract your statement