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Purpose |
Declare local variables inside a Sub, Function, Method, or Property. Local variables retain their values only until the end of the procedure. |
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Syntax |
LOCAL variable[()] [AS type] [, variable[()]] [...] LOCAL variable[()] [, variable[()]] [, ...] AS type |
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Remarks |
The LOCAL statement is valid only inside a
Sub, Function, Method, or Property. Local variables lose their values
when the procedure ends. Storage space for local variables is allocated
on the stack, and each local variable is initialized
to zero (or, for
To declare an array as a local variable, use an empty set of parentheses in the variable list: You can then use the DIM statement to dimension the array. LOCAL MyArray%() LOCAL StringArray() AS STRING The LOCAL statement may, optionally, accept a list of variables, all of which are defined by the type descriptor keyword that follows them. For example: LOCAL aaa, bbb, ccc AS INTEGER LOCAL vptr, aptr() AS LONG PTR |
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Restrictions |
DEFtype has no effect on variables defined by a LOCAL statement. |
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Example |
Test% = 100 ShowText "Before: " + STR$(Test%) CALL Locals ShowText "After: " + STR$(Test%)
SUB Locals LOCAL Test% Test% = 0 ShowText "In SUB: " + STR$(Test%) END SUB |
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Result |
Before: 100 In SUB: 0 After: 100 |