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

- Available in the -lang fblite dialect.
- Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias `__Defbyte`.

Differences from QB

- New to FreeBASIC

See also

- `Byte`
- `DefInt`
- `DefUByte`
- `Dim`