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You can use the following values:</paragraph> 53<table id="tbl_id3153362"> 54<tablerow> 55<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">key word</paragraph> 57</tablecell> 58<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">VarType</paragraph> 60</tablecell> 61<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Variable type</paragraph> 63</tablecell> 64</tablerow> 65<tablerow> 66<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Boolean</paragraph> 68</tablecell> 69<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">11</paragraph> 71</tablecell> 72<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Boolean variable</paragraph> 74</tablecell> 75</tablerow> 76<tablerow> 77<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 78<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Date</paragraph> 79</tablecell> 80<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 81<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">7</paragraph> 82</tablecell> 83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Date variable</paragraph> 85</tablecell> 86</tablerow> 87<tablerow> 88<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 89<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Double</paragraph> 90</tablecell> 91<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">5</paragraph> 93</tablecell> 94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148616" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Double floating point variable</paragraph> 96</tablecell> 97</tablerow> 98<tablerow> 99<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 100<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Integer</paragraph> 101</tablecell> 102<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 103<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145647" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">2</paragraph> 104</tablecell> 105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Integer variable</paragraph> 107</tablecell> 108</tablerow> 109<tablerow> 110<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 111<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Long</paragraph> 112</tablecell> 113<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 114<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154513" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">3</paragraph> 115</tablecell> 116<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 117<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Long integer variable</paragraph> 118</tablecell> 119</tablerow> 120<tablerow> 121<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 122<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Object</paragraph> 123</tablecell> 124<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 125<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154482" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">9</paragraph> 126</tablecell> 127<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 128<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150323" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Object variable</paragraph> 129</tablecell> 130</tablerow> 131<tablerow> 132<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 133<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Single</paragraph> 134</tablecell> 135<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 136<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149020" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">4</paragraph> 137</tablecell> 138<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 139<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Single floating-point variable</paragraph> 140</tablecell> 141</tablerow> 142<tablerow> 143<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 144<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">String</paragraph> 145</tablecell> 146<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 147<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">8</paragraph> 148</tablecell> 149<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 150<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">String variable</paragraph> 151</tablecell> 152</tablerow> 153<tablerow> 154<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 155<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145149" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Variant</paragraph> 156</tablecell> 157<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 158<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">12</paragraph> 159</tablecell> 160<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 161<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Variant variable (can contain all types specified by the definition)</paragraph> 162</tablecell> 163</tablerow> 164<tablerow> 165<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 166<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148630" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Empty</paragraph> 167</tablecell> 168<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 169<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152584" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">0</paragraph> 170</tablecell> 171<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 172<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151278" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Variable is not initialized</paragraph> 173</tablecell> 174</tablerow> 175<tablerow> 176<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 177<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Null</paragraph> 178</tablecell> 179<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 180<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3166424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">1</paragraph> 181</tablecell> 182<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 183<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">No valid data</paragraph> 184</tablecell> 185</tablerow> 186</table> 187<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 188<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 189<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149338" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="45">Example:</paragraph> 190<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Sub ExampleType</paragraph> 191<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph> 192<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150089" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Dim sVar As String</paragraph> 193<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">Dim siVar As Single</paragraph> 194<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Dim dVar As Double</paragraph> 195<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">Dim bVar As Boolean</paragraph> 196<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152992" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Dim lVar As Long</paragraph> 197<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155509" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">Msgbox TypeName(iVar) & " " & VarType(iVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 198<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="54">TypeName(sVar) & " " & VarType(sVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 199<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155532" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">TypeName(siVar) & " " & VarType(siVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 200<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152988" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">TypeName(dVar) & " " & VarType(dVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 201<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156166" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">TypeName(bVar) & " " & VarType(bVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> 202<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">TypeName(lVar) & " " & VarType(lVar),0,"Some types in $[officename] Basic"</paragraph> 203<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154259" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">end Sub</paragraph> 204</body> 205</helpdocument> 206