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Syntax fragments

%PRODUCTNAME Basic syntax fragments.

argument fragment

argument fragment {[Optional [ByRef|ByVal]]|ParamArray} argument {{As typename|char}[ = expression]|[()]As Variant}

Parameters

Optional: The argument is not mandatory. ByRef: The argument is passed by reference. ByRef is the default. ByVal: The argument is passed by value. Its value can be modified by the called routine. char: Type declaration character. typename: Primitive data type name. Library or module defined types can also be specified. = expression: Specify a default value for the argument, matching its declared type. Optional is necessary for each argument specifying a default value. ParamArray: Use ParamArray when the number of parameters is undetermined. A typical scenario is that of a Calc user-defined function. Using ParamArray should be limited to the last argument of a routine. UsingParamArray or = expression require Option Compatible to be placed before the executable program code in a module. When using Option VBASupport 1, Optional arguments with no default value (= expression) are initialized according to their data type, except if Variant.

array fragment

array fragment ( [[start To] end], .. )

Parameters

start: Lower bound of a dimension. end: Upper bound of a dimension. Multiple dimensions for an array are denoted using comma (,) sign.

typename fragment

primitive data types fragment {Boolean|Byte|Currency|Date|Double|Integer|Long|Object|Single|String|Variant}

char fragment

type declaration characters { % | & | ! | # | $ | @ }