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DefUShortkeyword
Specifies a default data type for a range of variable names
Syntax
DefUShort start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]
Parameters
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
start_letter | the first letter in the range | |
end_letter | the last letter in the range |
Description
DefUShort specifies that variables and arrays which aren't declared with a data type - or not declared at all - are implicitly declared of type UShort 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
__Defushort.
Differences from QB
- New to FreeBASIC
See also
Example
This will make
uNumber a UShort number since its first letter starts with u.'' Compile with -lang fblite
#lang "fblite"
DefUShort u
Dim uNumber
Reference
- Documented in KeyPgDefushort.html