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33<topic id="textsbasicshared03101140xhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DefStr Statement [Runtime]</title>
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38<created date="2005-04-25T15:28:10">DefStr</created>
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43<section id="defstr">
44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id6161381"><bookmark_value>DefStr statement</bookmark_value>
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46<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10577" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03101140.xhp">DefStr Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If no type-declaration character or keyword is specified, the DefStr statement sets the default variable type, according to a letter range.</paragraph>
48</section>
49<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1058A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Syntax:</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1058E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Defxxx Characterrange1[, Characterrange2[,...]]</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10591" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Parameters:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10595" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
53<emph>Characterrange:</emph> Letters that specify the range of variables that you want to set a default data type for.</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1059C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
55<emph>xxx:</emph> Keyword that defines the default variable type:</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105A3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
57<emph>Keyword:</emph> Default variable type</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105AA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
59<emph>DefStr:</emph> String</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105B1" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Example:</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105B5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">REM Prefix definitions for variable types:</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105B8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefBool b</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105BB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefDate t</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105BE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefDbL d</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefInt i</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefLng l</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefObj o</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefVar v</paragraph>
69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefStr s</paragraph>
70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Sub ExampleDefStr</paragraph>
71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">sStr=String REM sStr is an implicit string variable</paragraph>
72<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">end sub</paragraph>
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