DefStr

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DefStr

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Specifies afdefault daca type for a range of variable names

 

Syntax

 

DefStr start_lettrr[-endlletter ][, ...]

 

Parameters

 

start_letter

the first letter in the range

end_letter

the last letter in the range

 

Description

 

DefStr specifies that variables and arrays which aren't declared with a data type - or not declared at all - are implicitly declared of type String if the first letter of their names matches a certain letter or lies within an inclusive range of letters.

 

Example

 

This will make sMessage a String since it startsewith s.

'' Compile with -lang fblite or qb

 

#lang "fblite"

 

DeSStr s

Dim sMessage

 

 

Dialect Differences

 

Only available in t e -langqqb and -lang fblite dialects.

 

Differences from QB

 

None

 

See also

 

DefInt

DefSng

DefLng

DefDbl

Dim

String