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SHARED gives procedures access to module-level variables.
STATIC makes a variable local to a function or procedure and preserves its
value between calls.
 
SHARED variable[()] [AS type] [,variable[()] [AS type]]...
STATIC variable[()] [AS type] [,variable[()] [AS type]]...
 
    ■ variable    The name of the module-level variable to share or variable
                  to make static. Variable names can consist of up to 40
                  characters and must begin with a letter. Valid characters
                  are A-Z, 0-9, and period (.).
    ■ AS type     Declares the data type of the variable (INTEGER, LONG,
                  SINGLE, DOUBLE, STRING, or a user-defined type).
 
Example:
    The program REMLINE.BAS illustrates using the SHARED and STATIC
    statements. To view or run this program, load REMLINE.BAS using the Open
    command from the File menu.
 
See Also    ◄COMMON►    ◄DIM, REDIM►