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<paragraph id="hd_id3156027" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03102900.xhp" name="LBound Function">LBound Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147226" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the lower boundary of an array.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148538" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150503" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">LBound (ArrayName [, Dimension])</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150984" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153126" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3144500" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145069" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>ArrayName:</emph> Name of the array for which you want to return the upper (<emph>Ubound</emph>) or the lower (<emph>LBound</emph>) boundary of the array dimension.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149457" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>[Dimension]:</emph> Integer that specifies which dimension to return the upper (<emph>Ubound</emph>) or the lower (<emph>LBound</emph>) boundary for. If a value is not specified, the first dimension is assumed.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3145171" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1206770608" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleUboundLbound</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206769504" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sVar(10 To 20) As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206768352" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Print LBound(sVar())</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206767200" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Print UBound(sVar())</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206766048" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1206763792" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleUboundLbound2</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206762640" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sVar(10 To 20,5 To 70) As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145365" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print LBound(sVar()) ' Returns 10</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150486" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print UBound(sVar()) ' Returns 20</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149665" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print LBound(sVar(),2) ' Returns 5</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159154" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print UBound(sVar(),2) ' Returns 70</paragraph>
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