| .STATIC Statement Details. |
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| STATIC Statement Details |
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| Syntax |
| STATIC variablelist |
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| A STATIC statement variablelist has the following syntax: |
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| variable[()] [AS type] [,variable[( )][AS type]]... |
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| The variablelist takes the following arguments: |
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| Argument Description |
| variable Either a variable name or an array name. |
| AS type Declares the type of variable. The type argument can be |
| INTEGER, LONG, SINGLE, DOUBLE, STRING, or a user-defined |
| type. |
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| The STATIC statement can appear only in a SUB, FUNCTION, or DEF FN function. |
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| Earlier versions of BASIC required the number of dimensions in parentheses |
| after an array name. In QuickBASIC, the number of dimensions is optional. |
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| Variables declared in a STATIC statement override variables of the same name |
| shared by DIM or COMMON statements in the module-level code. Variables in a |
| STATIC statement also override global constants of the same name. |
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| Usually, variables used in DEF FN functions are global to the module; |
| however, you can use the STATIC statement inside a DEF FN statement to |
| declare a variable as local to only that function. |
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| Note: The STATIC attribute on SUB and FUNCTION statements declares |
| the default for variables to be STATIC. Variables having the |
| same name as variables shared by the module-level code are |
| still shared. In contrast, the STATIC statement makes specific |
| variables STATIC and overrides any variables shared by the |
| module-level code. The $STATIC metacommand affects how memory |
| is allocated for arrays. |
