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