diff --git a/vba/examples/example1.bas b/vba/examples/example1.bas
index d2b91469c4..22517df5b4 100644
--- a/vba/examples/example1.bas
+++ b/vba/examples/example1.bas
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 Public Sub Module()
     Dim sd As Boolean
-   
 End Sub
diff --git a/vba/examples/example3erase.bas b/vba/examples/example3erase.bas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..523db58c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vba/examples/example3erase.bas
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Public Sub Module()
+    Dim str As String * 3
+End Sub
diff --git a/vba/examples/example4fixedstring.bas b/vba/examples/example4fixedstring.bas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e00dd6b775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vba/examples/example4fixedstring.bas
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Public Sub Module()
+    Erase array, list
+End Sub
diff --git a/vba/vba.g4 b/vba/vba.g4
index 3c732a8ccd..a34c7369fe 100644
--- a/vba/vba.g4
+++ b/vba/vba.g4
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ enumerationStmt:
 
 enumerationStmt_Constant : ambiguousIdentifier (WS? EQ WS? valueStmt)? endOfStatement;
 
-eraseStmt : ERASE WS valueStmt;
+eraseStmt : ERASE WS valueStmt (',' WS? valueStmt)*?;
 
 errorStmt : ERROR WS valueStmt;
 
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ ambiguousIdentifier :
 
 asTypeClause : AS WS? (NEW WS)? type (WS? fieldLength)?;
 
-baseType : BOOLEAN | BYTE | COLLECTION | DATE | DOUBLE | INTEGER | LONG | SINGLE | STRING | VARIANT;
+baseType : BOOLEAN | BYTE | COLLECTION | DATE | DOUBLE | INTEGER | LONG | SINGLE | STRING (WS? MULT WS? valueStmt)? | VARIANT;
 
 certainIdentifier : 
 	IDENTIFIER (ambiguousKeyword | IDENTIFIER)*
@@ -926,7 +926,6 @@ HEXLITERAL : '&H' [0-9A-F]+ '&'?;
 SHORTLITERAL : (PLUS|MINUS)? DIGIT+ ('#' | '&' | '@')?;
 INTEGERLITERAL : SHORTLITERAL (E SHORTLITERAL)?;
 DOUBLELITERAL : (PLUS|MINUS)? DIGIT* '.' DIGIT+ (E SHORTLITERAL)?;
-
 DATELITERAL : '#' DATEORTIME '#';
 fragment DATEORTIME : DATEVALUE WS? TIMEVALUE | DATEVALUE | TIMEVALUE;
 fragment DATEVALUE : DATEVALUEPART DATESEPARATOR DATEVALUEPART (DATESEPARATOR DATEVALUEPART)?;
@@ -952,7 +951,6 @@ WS : ([ \t] | LINE_CONTINUATION)+;
 // identifier
 IDENTIFIER :  ~[\]()\r\n\t.,'"|!@#$%^&*\-+:=; ]+ | L_SQUARE_BRACKET (~[!\]\r\n])+ R_SQUARE_BRACKET;
 
-
 // letters
 fragment LETTER : [a-zA-Z_äöüÄÖÜ];
 fragment DIGIT : [0-9];
@@ -984,4 +982,4 @@ fragment V:('v'|'V');
 fragment W:('w'|'W');
 fragment X:('x'|'X');
 fragment Y:('y'|'Y');
-fragment Z:('z'|'Z');
+fragment Z:('z'|'Z');
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