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The [[AS]] keyword defines a variable data [[type]].
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* AS defines the variable or array type AS [[_BIT]], [[_BYTE]], [[INTEGER]], [[LONG]], [[_INTEGER64]], [[SINGLE]], [[DOUBLE]], [[_FLOAT]] or [[STRING]].
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* Specifies a variable's [[type]] in a declarative statement or parameter list using:
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** [[DIM]] or [[REDIM]]
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** [[DECLARE LIBRARY]]
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** [[SUB]]
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** [[FUNCTION]]
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** [[TYPE]]
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** [[SHARED]]
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** [[COMMON SHARED]]
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** [[STATIC]]
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===Details===
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* Specifies a '''[[parameter]]''' variable's type in a [[SUB]] or [[FUNCTION]] procedure. '''Cannot be used to define a function's [[type]]'''
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* Specifies an element's type in a user-defined data [[TYPE]].
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* Assigns a file number to a file or device in an [[OPEN]] statement.
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* Specifies a field name in a random-access record (see [[FIELD]])
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* Specifies a new file name when you rename a file (see [[NAME]])
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* '''NOTE: Many QBasic keywords can be used as variable names if they are created as [[STRING]]s using the suffix '''$'''. You cannot use them without the suffix, use a numerical suffix or use [[DIM]], [[REDIM]], [[_DEFINE]], [[BYVAL]] or [[TYPE]] variable [[AS]] statements.'''
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{{PageSeeAlso}}
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* [[DIM]], [[REDIM]]
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* [[_DEFINE]]
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* [[BYVAL]], [[TYPE]]
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* [[Variable Types]]
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