Specifications

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Syntax:
GLOBAL varname [,varname...]
Parameter:
varname
numericvar [(subscript)]
stringvar [(subscript)[[stringlength]]]
subscript
For one-dimensional: integerconstant
For two-dimensional: integerconstant, integerconstant
Where integerconstant is a numeric expression which returns a value
from 0 to 254.
stringlength
An integer constant from 1 to 255 which indicates the number of characters.
Description:
GLOBAL allows variables declared by varname to be referred to or updated in
other programs.
• If a same variable name as specified inside the
GLOBAL statement is already
declared in your file, the GLOBAL statement will result in an error.
• Up to 30 variables can be declared inside one
GLOBAL statement.
• You may declare non-array variables and array variables together inside one
GLOBAL statement.
Declarative statement
GLOBAL
Declares one or more work variables or register variables defined in a file,
to be global.