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DefLngkeyword
Specifies a default data type for a range of variable names
Syntax
DefLng start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]Parameters
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
start_letter | the first letter in the range | |
end_letter | the last letter in the range |
Description
DefLng specifies that variables and arrays which aren't declared with a data type - or not declared at all - are implicitly declared of type Long if the first letter of their names matches a certain letter or lies within an inclusive range of letters.Remarks
Dialect Differences
- Only available in the -lang qb and -lang fblite dialects.
Differences from QB
- None
See also
Example
This will make
lNumber a Long integer number since it starts with l.'' Compile with -lang fblite or qb
#lang "fblite"
DefLng l
Dim lNumber ' implicit: As Long
Print Len(lNumber) ' Displays 4, the number of bytes in a long.
Reference
- Documented in KeyPgDeflng.html