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Deftype Statement

This standard VB statement specifies the default data type for one or more variables.

Syntax

DefCur varTypeLetters
DefInt varTypeLetters
DefLng varTypeLetters
DefSng varTypeLetters
DefDbl varTypeLetters
DefStr varTypeLetters
DefVar varTypeLetters

Returns

Not applicable

Usage

VarTypeLetters can be a single letter, a comma-separated list of letters, or a range of letters. For example, a-d indicates the letters a, b, c, and d.

The case of the letters is not important, even in a letter range. The letter range a-z is treated as a special case: it denotes all alpha characters, including the international characters.

The Deftype statement affects only the module in which it is specified. It must precede any variable definition within the module.

Variables defined using a Global or Dim statement can override the Deftype statement by using an As clause or a type character.

Example

This example finds the average of bowling scores entered by the user. Because the variable average begins with A, it is defined as a single-precision floating point number. The other variables are defined as integers.

DefInt c,s,t
DefSng a
Sub Button_Click
   Dim count
   Dim total
   Dim score
   Dim average
   Dim msgtext
   For count = 0 to 4
      score = 180
      total = total + score
   Next count
   average = total/count
   msgtext = "Your average is: " &average
End Sub

See Also

Declare Statement
Dim Statement
Global Statement
Let (Assignment Statement)
Type Statement