Declaring Constants and Variables
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Statements and Functions Used for Declaring Constants and Variables
Statement or
Task function Action
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Defining and declaring COMMON Defines global variables for
variables sharing between modules or for
changing to another program.
DIM Declares a variable and
allocates storage.
OPTION BASE Declares the default lower bound
for array subscripts.
Declaring data types CONST Declares symbolic constants for
use in place of values.
DATA Stores the numeric and string
constants used by the program's
READ statements.
DEFtypes Sets the default data types
for variables, DEF FN functions,
and FUNCTIONS procedures.
TYPE Defines an ISAM table type that
contains one or more table
columns in an ISAM record.
Reading DATA statements READ Reads values from a DATA
statement and assigns the values
to variables.
RESTORE Allows DATA statements to be
reread from a specified line.
Getting array LBOUND Returns the lower bound
information (smallest available subscript)
for the indicated dimension of
an array.
UBOUND Returns the upper bound
(largest available subscript)
for the indicated dimension of
an array.
Modifying memory of ERASE Reinitializes the elements of
arrays static arrays; deallocates
dynamic arrays.
REDIM Changes the space allocated to
an array that has been declared
dynamic.