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29cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03101300xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DefDate Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2004-08-24T11:24:57">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="defdate">
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150504"><bookmark_value>DefDate statement</bookmark_value>
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42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150504" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03101300.xhp" name="DefDate Statement [Runtime]">DefDate Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">If no type-declaration character or keyword is specified, the DefDate statement sets the default variable type, according to a letter range.</paragraph>
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45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154758" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Defxxx Characterrange1[, Characterrange2[,...]]</paragraph>
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150541" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156709" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
49cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Characterrange:</emph> Letters that specify the range of variables that you want to set a default data type for.</paragraph>
50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
51cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>xxx:</emph> Keyword that defines the default variable type:</paragraph>
52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Keyword:</emph> Default variable type</paragraph>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">
55cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>DefDate:</emph> Date</paragraph>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145785" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">REM Prefix definitions for variable types:</paragraph>
58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146923" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">DefBool b</paragraph>
59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155412" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">DefDate t</paragraph>
60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153726" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">DefDbL d</paragraph>
61cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147435" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">DefInt i</paragraph>
62cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153188" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">DefLng l</paragraph>
63cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153143" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">DefObj o</paragraph>
64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">DefVar v</paragraph>
65cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149263" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Sub ExampleDefDate</paragraph>
66cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">tDate=Date REM tDate is an implicit date variable</paragraph>
67cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">end sub</paragraph>
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