CONST

[Shawn Tartaglia]

Is the only way to define a constant by using the variable name and then the "short cut" character?

e.g. A$ = "Apple", for a constant string
     X% = 1, for a constant integer

If so.. I would like to recommend the use of the CONST keyword in future version of the PB syntax.

e.g. CONST A as String = "Apple", for a constant string
     CONST X as Integer = 1, for a constant integer

[Lance Edmonds]

Use string equates and numeric equates. Numeric equates are limited to integer classes only, such as integer, long, quad, unsigned, etc.

ie,

$CONSTANTSTRING1 = "HELLO"
$CONSTANTSTRING2 = "WORLD"
%CONSTLONG = 12345&
%CONSTINT = 32767%
%CONSTDWORD = &H0FFFFFFFF???


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Lance
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