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You can use the following values:</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3153362"> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">key word</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">VarType</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Variable type</paragraph> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Boolean</paragraph> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">11</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Boolean variable</paragraph> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Date</paragraph> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">7</paragraph> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Date variable</paragraph> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Double</paragraph> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">5</paragraph> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148616" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Double floating point variable</paragraph> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Integer</paragraph> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145647" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">2</paragraph> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Integer variable</paragraph> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Long</paragraph> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154513" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">3</paragraph> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Long integer variable</paragraph> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 115cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Object</paragraph> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 118cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 119cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154482" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">9</paragraph> 120cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 121cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 122cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150323" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Object variable</paragraph> 123cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 124cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 125cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 126cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 127cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Single</paragraph> 128cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 129cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 130cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149020" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">4</paragraph> 131cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 132cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 133cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Single floating-point variable</paragraph> 134cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 135cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 136cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 137cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 138cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">String</paragraph> 139cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 140cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 141cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">8</paragraph> 142cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 143cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 144cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">String variable</paragraph> 145cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 146cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 147cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 148cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 149cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145149" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Variant</paragraph> 150cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 151cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 152cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">12</paragraph> 153cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 154cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 155cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Variant variable (can contain all types specified by the definition)</paragraph> 156cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 157cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 158cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 159cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 160cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148630" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Empty</paragraph> 161cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 162cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 163cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152584" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">0</paragraph> 164cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 165cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 166cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151278" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Variable is not initialized</paragraph> 167cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 168cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 169cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 170cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 171cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Null</paragraph> 172cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 173cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 174cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3166424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">1</paragraph> 175cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 176cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 177cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">No valid data</paragraph> 178cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 179cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 180cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 181cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 182cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 183cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149338" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="45">Example:</paragraph> 184cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Sub ExampleType</paragraph> 185cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph> 186cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150089" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Dim sVar As String</paragraph> 187cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">Dim siVar As Single</paragraph> 188cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Dim dVar As Double</paragraph> 189cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">Dim bVar As Boolean</paragraph> 190cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152992" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Dim lVar As Long</paragraph> 191cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155509" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">Msgbox TypeName(iVar) & " " & VarType(iVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 192cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="54">TypeName(sVar) & " " & VarType(sVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 193cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155532" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">TypeName(siVar) & " " & VarType(siVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 194cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152988" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">TypeName(dVar) & " " & VarType(dVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 195cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156166" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">TypeName(bVar) & " " & VarType(bVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 196cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">TypeName(lVar) & " " & VarType(lVar),0,"Some types in $[officename] Basic"</paragraph> 197cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154259" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">end Sub</paragraph> 198cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 199cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 200