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Statements that affect how code is compiled.

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	These statements affect how the compiler declares variables, arrays and procedures, parses string literals, passes procedure parameters and more.

<<{{fbdoc item="section" value="Metacommands"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgMetaDynamic|'$DYNAMIC"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgMetaInclude|'$INCLUDE"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgMetaStatic|'$STATIC"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgMetaLang|'$LANG"}}

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	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptionbase|OPTION BASE"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptionbyval|OPTION BYVAL"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptiondynamic|OPTION DYNAMIC"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptionescape|OPTION ESCAPE"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptionexplicit|OPTION EXPLICIT"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptiongosub|OPTION GOSUB"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptionnogosub|OPTION NOGOSUB"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptionnokeyword|OPTION NOKEYWORD"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptionprivate|OPTION PRIVATE"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgOptionstatic|OPTION STATIC"}}
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	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefbyte|DEFBYTE"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefdbl|DEFDBL"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefint|DEFINT"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDeflng|DEFLNG"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDeflongint|DEFLONGINT"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefshort|DEFSHORT"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefsng|DEFSNG"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefstr|DEFSTR"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefubyte|DEFUBYTE"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefuint|DEFUINT"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefulng|DEFULNG"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefulongint|DEFULONGINT"}}
	- {{fbdoc item="keyword" value="KeyPgDefushort|DEFUSHORT"}}
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	- ##[[KeyPgDeflongint|DEFLONGINT]]## and ##[[KeyPgDefulongint|DEFULONGINT]]## available only in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang fblite]]// dialect.
	- ##OPTION## statements are available only in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang fblite]]// and //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang qb]]// dialects only.

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	- [[CatPgPreProcess|Preprocessor]]

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