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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DefVar Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>DefVar statement</bookmark_value>
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36<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>
37<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>
38</section>
39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154143" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149514" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Defxxx Characterrange1[, Characterrange2[,...]]</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156024" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
43<emph>Characterrange:</emph> Letters that specify the range of variables that you want to set the default data type for.</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
45<emph>xxx:</emph> Keyword that defines the default variable type:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153524" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
47<emph>Keyword:</emph> Default variable type</paragraph>
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49<emph>DefVar:</emph> Variant</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">REM Prefix definitions for variable types:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145173" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">DefBool b</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150448" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">DefDate t</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153368" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">DefDbL d</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">DefInt i</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">DefLng l</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">DefObj o</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">DefVar v</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Sub ExampleDefVar</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154012" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">vDiv=99 REM vDiv is an implicit variant</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146121" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">vDiv="Hello world"</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">end sub</paragraph>
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