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<paragraph id="par_id3150669" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Dimensions a variable or an array at the module level (that is, not within a subroutine or function), so that the variable and the array are valid in all libraries and modules.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150772" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3155341" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Public VarName[(start To end)] [As VarType][, VarName2[(start To end)] [As VarType][,...]]</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341593808" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iPublicVar = iPublicVar + 1</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341592560" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox iPublicVar</paragraph>
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