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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">DefDate Statement [Runtime]</title>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150504" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03101300.xhp" name="DefDate Statement [Runtime]">DefDate Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If no type-declaration character or keyword is specified, the DefDate statement sets the default variable type, according to a letter range.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154758" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Defxxx Characterrange1[, Characterrange2[,...]]</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150541" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156709" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Characterrange:</emph> Letters that specify the range of variables that you want to set a default data type for.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>xxx:</emph> Keyword that defines the default variable type:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Keyword:</emph> Default variable type</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>DefDate:</emph> Date</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145785" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">REM Prefix definitions for variable types:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146923" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">DefBool b</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155412" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">DefDate t</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153726" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">DefDbL d</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147435" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">DefInt i</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153188" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">DefLng l</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153143" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">DefObj o</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">DefVar v</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149263" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleDefDate</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">tDate=Date REM tDate is an implicit date variable</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">end sub</paragraph>
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