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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DefSng Statement [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2005-04-25T15:25:01">DefSng</created>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10577" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03101130.xhp">DefSng Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If no type-declaration character or keyword is specified, the DefSng statement sets the default variable type, according to a letter range.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1058A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1058E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Defxxx Characterrange1[, Characterrange2[,...]]</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10591" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Characterrange:</emph> Letters that specify the range of variables that you want to set a default data type for.</paragraph>
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<emph>xxx:</emph> Keyword that defines the default variable type:</paragraph>
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<emph>Keyword:</emph> Default variable type</paragraph>
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<emph>DefSng:</emph> Single</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105B1" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105B5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">REM Prefix definitions for variable types:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105B8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefBool b</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105BB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefDate t</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105BE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefDbL d</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefInt i</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefLng l</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefObj o</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefVar v</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">DefSng s</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Sub ExampleDefSng</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">sSng=Single REM sSng is an implicit single variable</paragraph>
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