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You can use the following values:</paragraph> <table id="tbl_id3153362"> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">key word</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">VarType</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Variable type</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Boolean</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">11</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Boolean variable</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Date</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">7</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Date variable</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Double</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">5</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148616" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Double floating point variable</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Integer</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145647" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">2</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Integer variable</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Long</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154513" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">3</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Long integer variable</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Object</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154482" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">9</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150323" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Object variable</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Single</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149020" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">4</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Single floating-point variable</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">String</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">8</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">String variable</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145149" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Variant</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">12</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Variant variable (can contain all types specified by the definition)</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148630" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Empty</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152584" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">0</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151278" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Variable is not initialized</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Null</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3166424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">1</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">No valid data</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> </table> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149338" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="45">Example:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Sub ExampleType</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150089" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Dim sVar As String</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">Dim siVar As Single</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Dim dVar As Double</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">Dim bVar As Boolean</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152992" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Dim lVar As Long</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155509" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">Msgbox TypeName(iVar) & " " & VarType(iVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="54">TypeName(sVar) & " " & VarType(sVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155532" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">TypeName(siVar) & " " & VarType(siVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152988" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">TypeName(dVar) & " " & VarType(dVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156166" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">TypeName(bVar) & " " & VarType(bVar) & Chr(13) &_</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">TypeName(lVar) & " " & VarType(lVar),0,"Some types in $[officename] Basic"</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154259" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">end Sub</paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>