<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <!-- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared03103100xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Let Statement</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03103100.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <section id="let"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147242"> <bookmark_value>Let statement</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph id="hd_id3147242" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103100.xhp" name="Let Statement">Let Statement</link></paragraph> <paragraph id="par_id3149233" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Assigns a value to a variable.</paragraph> </section> <paragraph id="hd_id3153127" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph> <bascode> <paragraph id="par_id3154285" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">[Let] VarName=Expression</paragraph> </bascode> <paragraph id="hd_id3148944" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph> <paragraph id="par_id3147560" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>VarName:</emph> Variable that you want to assign a value to. Value and variable type must be compatible.</paragraph> <paragraph id="par_id3148451" role="note" xml-lang="en-US">As in most BASIC dialects, the keyword <emph>Let</emph> is optional.</paragraph> <paragraph id="hd_id3145785" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph> <bascode> <paragraph id="par_idm1340853056" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleLet</paragraph> <paragraph id="par_idm1340851824" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sText As String</paragraph> <paragraph id="par_idm1340850592" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Let sText = "Las Vegas"</paragraph> <paragraph id="par_id3152939" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox Len(sText) ' returns 9</paragraph> <paragraph id="par_idm1340847616" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph> </bascode> </body> </helpdocument>