DefStr
Specifies a default data type for a range of variable names
Syntax
`
DefStr start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]
`
Parameters
`start_letter`
the first letter in the range
`end_letter`
the last letter in the range
Description
`DefStr` specifies that variables and arrays which aren't declared with a data type - or not declared at all - are implicitly declared of type `String` if the first letter of their names matches a certain letter or lies within an inclusive range of letters.
Example
This will make `sMessage` a `String` since it starts with `s`.
`
'' Compile with -lang fblite or qb
#lang "fblite"
DefStr s
Dim sMessage
`
Dialect Differences

- Only available in the -lang qb and -lang fblite dialects.

Differences from QB

- None

See also

- `DefInt`
- `DefSng`
- `DefLng`
- `DefDbl`
- `Dim`
- `String`