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Constants are not defined as a specific type of variable, but rather are used as placeholders in the code. You can only define a constant once and it cannot be modified. Use the following statement to define a constant:</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150542" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">CONST ConstName=Expression</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">The type of expression is irrelevant. If a program is started, $[officename] Basic converts the program code internally so that each time a constant is used, the defined expression replaces it.</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145420" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleConst</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Const iVar = 1964</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Msgbox iVar</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Const sVar = "Program", dVar As Double = 1.00</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Msgbox sVar & " " & dVar</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153368" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">end sub</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 62