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  <bookmark_value>Let statement</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3147242" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103100.xhp" name="Let Statement">Let Statement</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149233" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Assigns a value to a variable.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3153127" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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  <image src="media/helpimg/sbasic/LetSet_statement.svg" id="img_id4156306484514"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id15152796484514">Let Statement diagram</alt></image>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154285" role="bascode" localize="false">[Let] variable = expression</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148944" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147560" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>variable:</emph> Variable that you want to assign a value to. Value and variable type must be compatible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148451" role="note" xml-lang="en-US">As in most BASIC dialects, the keyword <emph>Let</emph> is optional.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3145785" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340853056" role="bascode" localize="false">Sub ExampleLet</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340851824" role="bascode" localize="false">Dim sText As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340850592" role="bascode" localize="false">    Let sText = "Las Vegas"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152939" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    MsgBox Len(sText) ' returns 9</paragraph>
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