CONST

Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgConst Last revised: 2017-09-18

Declares unchanging constant data.

Syntax

Const symbolname1 [As DataType] = value1 [, symbolname2 [As DataType] = value2, ...]

or

Const [As DataType] symbolname1 = value1 [, symbolname2 = value2, ...]

Description

Declares unchanging constant data — either integer, decimal (floating-point) or string. If DataType is not explicitly given, the constant type will be inferred.

String * size, Zstring * size, or Wstring * size are not allowed as DataType. Specifying String as DataType is tolerated but has no effect, since the resulting type is always Zstring * size.

Constants follow visibility rules similar to variables, for namespace blocks, type blocks and compound block statements.

Examples

Const Red = RGB(252, 2, 4)
Const Black As UInteger = RGB(0, 0, 0)
Const Text = "This is red text on a black bkgnd."

Locate 1, 1
Color Red, Black
Print Text
Sleep
End

Differences from QB

• QB does not support the As datatype syntax.

See Also

• #Define
• Enum
• Var