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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153311" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103400.xhp" name="Public Statement [Runtime]">Public Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dimensions a variable or an array at the module level (that is, not within a subroutine or function), so that the variable and the array are valid in all libraries and modules.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150772" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Public VarName[(start To end)] [As VarType][, VarName2[(start To end)] [As VarType][,...]]</paragraph>
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