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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Environ Function</title>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3155364" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03130800.xhp" name="Environ Function">Environ Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145090" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the value of an environment variable as a string. Environment variables are dependent on the type of operating system that you have.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150670" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3159176" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Environ (Environment As String)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3159157" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148473" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3145609" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159414" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Environment: Environment variable that you want to return the value for.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148663" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341576752" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleEnviron</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341575520" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sTemp As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341574288" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sTemp=Environ ("TEMP")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341573040" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> If sTemp = "" Then sTemp=Environ("TMP")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145419" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox "'" & sTemp & "'" ,64,"Directory of temporary files:"</paragraph>
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