i.e., which of these two is slower

Dim strName, strAddress

Or

Dim strName
Dim strAddress

Preston

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I assume that the difference is purely cosmetic because when its executed
the declaration code is run an equal number of times.

Using multilines makes a smaller script which might speed up the time that
WScript takes to parse the VBScript.

The difference (if there is any) will be so tiny you would never notice.

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Yes it does affect the final compiled exe.
Try this... create a new project, and in Form_Load:
    Dim Test1, Test2, Test3, Test4, Test5
Compile it as C:\ONE.EXE
Now change the code to this:
    Dim Test1
    Dim Test2
    Dim Test3
    Dim Test4
    Dim Test5

Now rename C:\ONE.EXE to C:\ORIGINAL.EXE, and recompile C:\ONE.EXE ...
Compare the two.
They should both be the same size, but there _are_ different bytes....
Whether or not there are any signifigant performance changes im not sure,
but yes it DOES affect the compiler