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<paragraph id="par_id3153311" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Defines a subroutine.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3149416" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341163696" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub Name[(VarName1 [As Type][, VarName2 [As Type][,...]])]</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147530" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">statement block</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3153525" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150792" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Name:</emph> Name of the subroutine.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154138" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>VarName:</emph> Parameter that you want to pass to the subroutine.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154908" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Type:</emph> Type-declaration key word.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3153770" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341148592" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub Example</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idN1063F" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> ' some statements</paragraph>
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