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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DefVar Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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39<section id="defvar">
40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3143267"><bookmark_value>DefVar statement</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143267" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03102000.xhp" name="DefVar Statement [Runtime]">DefVar Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153825" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Sets the default variable type, according to a letter range, if no type-declaration character or keyword is specified.</paragraph>
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45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154143" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149514" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Defxxx Characterrange1[, Characterrange2[,...]]</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156024" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
49<emph>Characterrange:</emph> Letters that specify the range of variables that you want to set the default data type for.</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
51<emph>xxx:</emph> Keyword that defines the default variable type:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153524" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
53<emph>Keyword: </emph>Default variable type</paragraph>
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55<emph>DefVar:</emph> Variant</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">REM Prefix definitions for variable types:</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145173" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">DefBool b</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150448" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">DefDate t</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153368" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">DefDbL d</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">DefInt i</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">DefLng l</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">DefObj o</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">DefVar v</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Sub ExampleDefVar</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154012" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">vDiv=99 REM vDiv is an implicit variant</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146121" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">vDiv="Hello world"</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">end sub</paragraph>
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