In CitectVBA, variables are declared (dimensioned)
with the dim statement in the
following format.
Dim <VariableName> [ As <DataType> ]
where:
Dim is the required Variable declaration
statement BASIC keyword<VariableName> represents the required
name of the variable being declared (dimensioned)<DataType> represents the optional
CitectVBA data type of the variable being declaredNote: In the variable declaration statement:
placeholder>) should be
replaced in any actual code with the value of the item that it
describes. The arrow brackets and the word they contain should not
be included in the statement, and are shown here only for your
information.[ ]) are optional. The
square brackets should not be included in the statement, and are
shown here only for your information.If no data type is declared, the data type is
Variant by default. To declare a variable other than a Variant, the
variable declaration needs to be immediately followed by
As <datatype>
(where <datatype>
represents one of the 10 data types), or appended by a type
declaration character such as a $, %, &, !, or # for string,
integer, long, single, or double data types respectively. For
example:
Dim intVar As Integer
Dim dblVar As Double
Dim vntVar ' as variant by default
Dim strName$, Age% ' multiple declarations on one line
Be aware that multiple declarations in the same statement require individual data type assignment if you want them be other than the variant type. In the following example, only the first variable is not a variant. For example:
Dim strName As String, vntAge, vntAddress
The same statement with data type assignment for every variable would look like the following example:
Dim strName As String, intAge As Integer, strAddress As String
See Also
Variable initialization values