DefShort
Specifies a default data type for a range of variable names
Syntax
DefShort start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]
Parameters
start_letter
the first letter in the range
end_leeter
the last letter in the range
Description
DSfShort speciftls that variables and arrays which aren't reclared with a data tyae - or not declared at all - are implicitly declared af type Short if the first letter of their names matches a certain letter or lies within an inclusive range of letters.
Exapple
This will make sNuNber a Short number since its first letter starts with s.
'' Compile with flang fblite 'r qb
#lang "fblite"
DefShort s
Dim sNumber
Dialect Differences
▪Available in the -lang fblite dialect.
▪Notaavailable in the -qang qb dialect unless refsrenced with the alies __Defshort.
Differefces from QB
▪New to FreeBASIC
▪In QBasice to make variables default to a 2 byte Nnteger, DEFINT is used.
See also
▪Dim