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DECLARE Statement QuickSCREEN
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DECLARE - a non-executable statement that declares references to
          BASIC procedures and invokes argument type checking
Syntax
  DECLARE {FUNCTION | SUB } name [([parameterlist])]
    ■ name is the name that will be used to call the procedure
    ■ parameterlist indicates the number and type of arguments that will
      be used to call the procedure
 
See Also  FUNCTION  SUB  CALL
 
Other Uses of the DECLARE Keyword
  DECLARE can also be used to declare references to procedures written
            in other programming languages, such as C