DIM Var AS String
This datatype represents a variable-length string of characters.
![]() | The first character of a string is numbered one, not zero. |
![]() | Theoretically, the string can contain null characters (i.e. character whose ASCII code is zero). But as some Gambas functions internally rely on zero-terminated strings, especially the methods of native class having string arguments, you should avoid them as much as possible! |
PUBLIC sPub AS String ' This string can be used by all subroutines in the same module PUBLIC SUB Button1_Click() DIM sLoc AS String ' This string is local in this subroutine sPub = "74zu88" sLoc = Mid$(sPub, 3, 2) IF sLoc = "zu" THEN PRINT "Expected" END