The '''SHARED''' statement allows variables to be passed automatically to any [[SUB]] or [[FUNCTION]] procedure.



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:: DIM SHARED Qt AS STRING * 1


* [[DIM]]ensioned variables are shared with all procedures in the program module.
* When used with [[DIM]] in the main module, it eliminates the need to pass a parameter variable to a [[SUB]] or [[FUNCTION]]. 
* Use [[COMMON SHARED]] to share a list of variable values with sub-procedures or other modules. See also: [[COMMON]]
* SHARED ('''without [[DIM]]''') can share a list of variables inside of [[SUB]] or [[FUNCTION]] procedures with the main module only.
:'''Note: SHARED variables in sub-procedures will not be passed to other sub-procedures, only the main module.'''


''Example 1:'' Defining variable types with [[AS]] or type suffixes.
{{CodeStart}} '' ''
{{Cl|DIM}} {{Cl|SHARED}} Qt AS {{Cl|STRING}} * 1, price AS {{Cl|DOUBLE}}, ID AS {{Cl|INTEGER}}
{{Cl|DIM}} {{Cl|SHARED}} Q$, prices#, IDs%
{{CodeEnd}} '' ''


''Example 2:'' The DIR$ function returns a filename or a list when more than one exist. The file spec can use a path and/or wildcards.
{{CodeStart}} '' ''
{{Cl|FOR...NEXT|FOR}} i = 1 {{Cl|TO}} 2
  {{Cl|LINE INPUT}} &quot;Enter a file spec: &quot;, spec$
  file$ = DIR$(spec$)        'use a file spec ONCE to find the last file name listed
  {{Cl|PRINT}} DIRCount%, file$,    'function can return the file count using SHARED variable 
  {{Cl|DO}}
    K$ = {{Cl|INPUT$}}(1)
    file$ = DIR$(&quot;&quot;)         'use an empty string parameter to return a list of files!
    {{Cl|PRINT}} file$,
  {{Cl|LOOP}} {{Cl|UNTIL}} {{Cl|LEN}}(file$) = 0  'file list ends with an empty string
{{Cl|NEXT}}
{{Cl|END}}

{{Cl|FUNCTION}} DIR$ (spec$)
{{Cl|CONST}} TmpFile$ = &quot;DIR$INF0.INF&quot;, ListMAX% = 500  'change maximum to suit your needs
{{Cl|SHARED}} DIRCount%                                 'returns file count if desired
{{Cl|STATIC}} Ready%, Index%, DirList$()
{{Cl|IF}} {{Cl|NOT}} Ready% {{Cl|THEN}} {{Cl|REDIM}} DirList$(ListMax%): Ready% = -1  'DIM array first use
{{Cl|IF}} spec$ &gt; &quot;&quot; {{Cl|THEN}}                               'get file names when a spec is given
  {{Cl|SHELL}} {{Cl|_HIDE}} &quot;DIR &quot; + spec$ + &quot; /b &gt; &quot; + TmpFile$
  Index% = 0: DirList$(Index%) = &quot;&quot;: ff% = {{Cl|FREEFILE}}
  {{Cl|OPEN}} TmpFile$ {{Cl|FOR (file statement)|FOR}} {{Cl|APPEND}} {{Cl|AS}} #ff%
  size&amp; = {{Cl|LOF}}(ff%) 
  {{Cl|CLOSE}} #ff%
  {{Cl|IF}} size&amp; = 0 {{Cl|THEN}} {{Cl|KILL}} TmpFile$: {{Cl|EXIT FUNCTION}}
  {{Cl|OPEN}} TmpFile$ {{Cl|FOR (file statement)|FOR}} {{Cl|INPUT (file mode)|INPUT}} {{Cl|AS}} #ff%     
  {{Cl|DO}} {{Cl|WHILE}} {{Cl|NOT}} {{Cl|EOF}}(ff%) {{Cl|AND (boolean)|AND}} Index% &lt; ListMAX%
    Index% = Index% + 1
    {{Cl|LINE INPUT (file statement)|LINE INPUT}} #ff%, DirList$(Index%)   
  {{Cl|LOOP}}
  DIRCount% = Index%                       'SHARED variable can return the file count
  {{Cl|CLOSE}} #ff%
  {{Cl|KILL}} TmpFile$
{{Cl|ELSE}} {{Cl|IF}} Index% &gt; 0 {{Cl|THEN}} Index% = Index% - 1 'no spec sends next file name
{{Cl|END IF}}                                      
DIR$ = DirList$(Index%)
{{Cl|END FUNCTION}} '' ''
{{CodeEnd}}{{small|Code by Ted Weissgerber}}
: ''Explanation:'' The SHARED variable value ''DIRcount%'' can tell the main program how many files were found using a wildcard spec.


''See also:'' 
* [[DIM]], [[REDIM]]
* [[COMMON]], [[COMMON SHARED]]


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