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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">IsEmpty Function</title>
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<bookmark_value>IsEmpty function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3153394" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03102400.xhp" name="IsEmpty Function">IsEmpty Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3163045" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Tests if a Variant variable contains the Empty value. The Empty value indicates that the variable is not initialized.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3159158" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153126" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">IsEmpty (Var)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148685" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156344" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Bool</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3148947" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154347" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Var:</emph> Any variable that you want to test. If the Variant contains the Empty value, the function returns True, otherwise the function returns False.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3154138" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341576592" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sVar As Variant</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341575360" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sVar = Empty</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154863" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print IsEmpty(sVar) ' Returns True</paragraph>
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