DefStr

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

Syntax

DefStr start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]

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 starts with s.
'' Compile with -lang fblite or qb

#lang "fblite"

DefStr s
Dim sMessage


Dialect Differences

Differences from QB

  • None

See also