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DIM - a declaration statement that names one or more variables and
      allocates storage space for them
Syntax
  DIM [SHARED] variable[(subscripts)] [AS type]
               [,variable[(subscripts)] [AS type]...
    ■ variable is a BASIC variable name
    ■ Use the SHARED keyword if you want all procedures in this module to
      be able to use this variable
    ■ Use the optional (subscripts) to declare the size of arrays (see
      ◄Details►)
    ■ AS type is a ◄Detail►
 
See Also  ◄ERASE►  ◄REDIM►  ◄OPTION BASE►