Futurebasic/Language/Reference/constant declaration
Constant declaration statement edit
Constant declaration edit
Statement edit
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Syntax edit
_constantName = staticExpr
Description edit
This is a non-executable statement which assigns the value of staticExpr
to the symbolic constant indicated by _constantName
. The _constantName
must indicate a name which was not defined anywhere previously in the program, and which is different from all pre-defined FB symbolic constant names. The name must be preceded by an underscore ( _
) character. The staticExpr
must be a "static integer expression"; it cannot contain any variables nor function references.
The constant declaration statement is one of several ways to assign values to symbolic constant names. Other ways include using the DIM RECORD
statement and using the BEGIN ENUM
statement.
See Also edit
DIM RECORD
BEGIN ENUM
Appendix C: Data Types and Data Representation