DEFBYTE

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgDefbyte
• Last revised: 2022-12-12

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Specifies a default data type for a range of variable names

Syntax

` Defbyte start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]

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Parameters

start_letter

the first letter in the range

end_letter

the last letter in the range

Description

Defbyte specifies that variables and arrays which aren't declared with a data type - or not declared at all - are implicitly declared of type Byte if the first letter of their names matches a certain letter or lies within an inclusive range of letters.

Examples

This will make bNumber a Byte number since it's first letter starts with b:

start GeSHi

'' Compile with -lang fblite or qb

#lang "fblite"

DefByte b
Dim bNumber

end GeSHi

Dialect Differences

• Available in the -lang fblite dialect.
• Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Defbyte.

Differences from QB

• New to FreeBASIC

See also

• Byte
• Defint
• Defubyte
• Dim

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