Appending '$' to any identifier forces it to the String data type, but this usage is obsolete and should only appear when differentiating string-specific functions from variant functions, such as ``++Left$()++`` versus ``++Left()++``.
Instead, Strings should be explicitly declared with the String datatype.
== Noncompliant Code Example
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Dim Text$ As String
== Compliant Solution
Dim Text As String
