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If a value is not specified, the first dimension is assumed.</paragraph> 58<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 59<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 60<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err9"/> 61<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148673" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleUboundLbound</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153193" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim sVar(10 to 20) As String</paragraph> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148452" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">print LBound(sVar())</paragraph> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">print UBound(sVar())</paragraph> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">end Sub</paragraph> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Sub ExampleUboundLbound2</paragraph> 68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Dim sVar(10 to 20,5 To 70) As String</paragraph> 69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Print LBound(sVar()) REM Returns 10</paragraph> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Print UBound(sVar()) REM Returns 20</paragraph> 71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Print LBound(sVar(),2) REM Returns 5</paragraph> 72<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159154" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Print UBound(sVar(),2) REM Returns 70</paragraph> 73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154013" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end Sub</paragraph> 74</body> 75</helpdocument> 76