PUBLIC

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgPublic
• Last revised: 2017-08-23

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Specifies a procedure having external linkage.

Syntax

Public Sub procedure_name [Cdecl|Stdcall|Pascal] [Overload] [Alias "external_name"] [([parameter_list])] [Constructor [priority]] [Static] [Export]

..procedure body..

End Sub

Public Function procedure_name [Cdecl|Stdcall|Pascal] [Overload] [Alias "external_name"] [([parameter_list])] [ byref ] as return_type  [Static] [Export]

..procedure body..

End Function

Description

In procedure definitions (forbidden at declaration line level), Public specifies that a procedure has external linkage, meaning its name is visible to external modules. If Public or Private is not specified, a procedure is defined as if Public was specified.

Examples

start GeSHi

Private Sub i_am_private
End Sub

Public Sub i_am_public
End Sub

end GeSHi

Differences from QB

• New to FreeBASIC

See also

• Public: (Access Control)
• Private
• Option Private
• Sub
• Function

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