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39 <title id=
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45 <bookmark xml-lang=
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46 <bookmark_value>Null value
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48 <paragraph role=
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49 <paragraph role=
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"2">Tests if a Variant contains the special Null value, indicating that the variable does not contain data.
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51 <paragraph role=
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52 <paragraph role=
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53 <paragraph role=
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54 <paragraph role=
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55 <paragraph role=
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57 <emph>Var:
</emph> Any variable that you want to test. This function returns True if the Variant contains the Null value, or False if the Variant does not contain the Null value.
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58 <paragraph role=
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59 <emph>Null
</emph> - This value is used for a variant data sub type without valid contents.
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62 <paragraph role=
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63 <paragraph role=
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64 <paragraph role=
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65 <paragraph role=
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