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characters. Internally, OpenOffice.org Basic saves the associated Unicode value for every character. The working
memory needed for a string variable depends on the length of the string.
Example declaration of a string variable:
Dim Variable As String
You can also write this declaration as:
Dim Variable$
Note – VBA : When porting VBA applications, ensure that the maximum allowed string length in
OpenOffice.org Basic is observed (65535 characters).
Specification of Explicit Strings
To assign an explicit string to a string variable, enclose the string in quotation marks (").
Dim MyString As String
MyString = " This is a test"
Strings
To split a string across two lines of code, add an ampersand sign (the concatenation operator) and the underscore
continuation character at the end of the first line:
Dim MyString As String
MyString = "This string is so long that it " & _
"has been split over two lines."
To include a quotation mark (") in a string, enter it twice at the relevant point:
Dim MyString As String
MyString = "a ""-quotation mark." ' produces a "-quotation mark
Numbers
OpenOffice.org Basic supports five basic types for processing numbers:
Integer
Long Integer
Single
Double
Currency
Integer Variables
Integer variables can store any whole number between -32768 and 32767. An integer variable can take up to two
bytes of memory. The type declaration symbol for an integer variable is %. Calculations that use integer variables
are very fast and are particularly useful for loop counters. If you assign a floating point number to an integer
variable, the number is rounded up or down to the next whole number.
Example declarations for integer variables:
Dim Variable As Integer
Dim Variable%
Long Integer Variables
Long integer variables can store any whole number between –2147483648 and 2147483647. A long integer
variable can takes up to four bytes of memory. The type declaration symbol for a long integer is &. Calculations
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