DefByte

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DefByte
 
Specifies a default data type for a range of variable names

Syntax

DefByte start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]

Parameters

start_letter
the first letter in the range
end_letter
the last letter in the range

Description

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

Example

This will make bNumber a Byte number since it's first letter starts with b:
'' Compile with -lang fblite or qb

#lang "fblite"

DefByte b
Dim bNumber


Dialect Differences

  • Available in the -lang fblite dialect.
  • Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Defbyte.

Differences from QB

  • New to FreeBASIC

See also