QBasic 1.1: STATIC Statement

Explanation

SHARED, STATIC Statements

SHARED gives procedures access to module-level variables. STATIC makes a variable local to a function or procedure and preserves its value between calls.

Worth knowing

Useful and cross-version information about the programming environments of QBasic, QuickBasic and Visual Basic for DOS.

ASCII Code Tables
Keyboard Scan Codes
Syntax Conventions
Screen Modes
Color Attributes
Error Codes

You are here: References Overview > QBasic 1.1 Commands List > STATIC Statement

Syntax

SHARED variable[()] [AS type] [,variable[()] [AS type]]...

STATIC variable[()] [AS type] [,variable[()] [AS type]]...

Description / Parameter(s)

variable	The name of the module-level variable to share or variable to make static. Variable names can consist of up to 40 characters and must begin with a letter. Valid characters are A-Z, 0-9, and period (.).
AS type	Declares the data type of the variable (INTEGER, LONG, SINGLE, DOUBLE, STRING, or a user-defined type).

Example


' The program REMLINE.BAS illustrates using the SHARED and STATIC
' statements. To view or run this program, load REMLINE.BAS using the Open
' command from the File menu.