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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Can you define a variable as a constant?

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Bilboo
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Posted: 19th Jan 2004 01:56
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Hi,

Sorry if the answer is obvious but can't find anything in the manual.

Thanks
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andrew11
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Posted: 19th Jan 2004 02:08
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In Pro, use

#constant variablename value

The only draw back is that it replaces anything, not just values, such as:

#constant image sound
Make image from memblock 1,1

Will produce:

Make sound from memblock 1,1

You could just use global vars

Global varname = value

"All programmers are playwrites and all computers are lousy actors" -Anon
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Bilboo
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Thanks for getting back so quickly, and for the advice.
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 19th Jan 2004 03:50
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may wanna more strongly type your variables.
Instead of Global varname = value, use Global varname as (integer,string,float,etc) = value. So for an integer you'd say:

global intVarName as integer = 100 (or whatever value)

-RUST-

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andrew11
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I usually use $ and # after the variable so I know what type it is. I guess its a matter of preference.

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