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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DefDbl Statement [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-08-24T11:25:24">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147242"><bookmark_value>DefDbl statement</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03101400.xhp" name="DefDbl Statement [Runtime]">DefDbl Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153126" 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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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155420" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147530" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Defxxx Characterrange1[, Characterrange2[,...]]</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Characterrange:</emph> Letters that specify the range of variables that you want to set the default data type for.</paragraph>
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<emph>xxx:</emph> Keyword that defines the default variable type:</paragraph>
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<emph>Keyword:</emph> Default variable type</paragraph>
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<emph>DefDbl:</emph> Double</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153192" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">REM Prefix definitions for variable types:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153970" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">DefBool b</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">DefDate t</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">DefDbL d</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150487" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">DefInt i</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151116" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">DefLng l</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146922" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">DefObj o</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">DefVar v</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147436" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Sub ExampleDefDBL</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153144" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">dValue=1.23e43 REM dValue is an implicit Double variable type</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">end sub</paragraph>
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