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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Set Statement</title>
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  <bookmark_value>Set statement</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>New keyword</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>Nothing object</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3154422" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103700.xhp" name="Set Statement">Set Statement</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159149" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Sets an object reference on a variable.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3153105" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id491585753339474">
  <image src="media/helpimg/sbasic/LetSet_statement.svg" id="img_id4156306484514"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id15152796484514">Set Statement diagram</alt></image>
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<bascode>
<paragraph id="par_id3154217" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">[Set] variable = [New] object</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3154685" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156281" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>variable:</emph> a variable or a property that requires an object reference.</paragraph>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id211588241663649"> <emph>expression: </emph> A computable combination of terms such as a formula or an object property or method.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159252" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>object:</emph> Object that the variable refers to.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idN10623" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <literal>Nothing</literal> - Assign <literal>Nothing</literal> to a variable to remove a previous assignment.</paragraph>
<note id="par_id101586014505785" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Set</literal> keyword is optional. <literal>Nothing</literal> is the default value for objects.</note>
<paragraph id="hd_id3159153" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340836336" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleSet</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340835104" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Dim obj As Object</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340833872" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Set obj = ThisComponent</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340832624" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Print obj.Title</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341832624" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340832625" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    obj = New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340832626" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    With obj</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340832627" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">        .Name = "key" : .Value = 594.34</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340832628" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">        Print .Name, .Value</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340931399" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    End With</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340831399" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
</bascode>
<tip id="par_id841586014507226" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>New</literal> creates UNO objects or <link href="text/sbasic/shared/classmodule" name="ClassModule">class module</link> objects, before assigning it to a variable.</tip>
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