question(s) about declaring variables

1st. Which is better for a variable that is going to be used for text. Letting a variable be a
variant or declaring it as a string. According to MSDN, variants are more "versatile" ( if I'm
reading it right. )

2nd. Why do all code examples use "As String to" declare each variable like this:
Dim var1 As String
Public var2 As String.

instead of using the $ type-declaration character like this:

Dim var1$
Public var2 $

3rd. Why a separate line for each variable

I realize that declaring them like this:
Dim var1, var2, var3 As String

makes var1 and var2 variants and only var3 is declared as a string.

when done this way however:

Dim var1$, var2$, var3$

They are all recognized as String variables.

Thus concludes my dumb question(s) for today.

tyia

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