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<paragraph id="hd_id3146958" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03100700.xhp" name="Const Statement [Runtime]">Const Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154143" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Defines a string as a constant.</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_id3150984" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Const Text = Expression</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3147530" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153897" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> Any constant name that follows the standard variable naming conventions.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147264" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">A constant is a variable that helps to improve the readability of a program. Constants are not defined as a specific type of variable, but rather are used as placeholders in the code. You can only define a constant once and it cannot be modified. Use the following statement to define a constant:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150542" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">CONST ConstName=Expression</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150400" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The type of expression is irrelevant. If a program is started, $[officename] Basic converts the program code internally so that each time a constant is used, the defined expression replaces it.</paragraph>

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<paragraph id="par_idm1341156544" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    MsgBox sVar &amp; " " &amp; dVar</paragraph>
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