DefLongIntkeyword

Specifies a default data type for a range of variable names

Syntax

DefLongInt start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]

Parameters

Name		Description
`start_letter`		the first letter in the range
`end_letter`		the last letter in the range

Description

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

Remarks

Dialect Differences

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

Differences from QB

New to FreeBASIC

Example

This will make lNumber a LongInt number since it's first letter starts with l.

'' Compile with -lang fblite



#lang "fblite"



DefLongInt l

Dim lNumber

Reference

Documented in KeyPgDeflongint.html