Gambas Documentation - Local Variable Declaration

Local Variable Declaration

Syntax

DIM Identifier AS Datatype [ = Expression ]

Declare a local variable in a procedure or function.

This variable is only accessible to the procedure or function where it is declared.

DIM iVal AS Integer
DIM sName AS String
DIM hObject AS Object
DIM hCollection AS Collection

Initialization

The variable can be initialized with any expression.

DIM bCancel AS Boolean = TRUE
DIM Languages AS String[] = [ "fr", "it", "es", "de", "ja" ]
DIM DefaultLanguage AS String = Languages[1]

Alternatively, you can initialize the variable with a newly instanciated object.

Local Variable Declaration

Syntax

DIM Identifier AS NEW Class ( Arguments ... )

DIM aTask AS NEW String[]
DIM aCollection AS NEW Collection(gb.Text)

Or you can initialize the variable with a native dynamic array. See Array Declaration for more information.

You can declare several variables on the same line:

Each declaration must be separated by a comma.
You can specify the identifier only. It will have the same declaration as the first next identifier having a complete declaration.

DIM Text AS String, Matrix AS NEW Float[3, 3]
DIM X, Y, W, H AS Integer