6.1.7.12 The Declaring Statement

This statement allows to declare a variable within a statement part. It looks like this:

     var
       var_identifier: type_identifier;

or

     var
       var_identifier: type_definition;

and with initializing value:

     var
       var_identifier: type_identifier value expression;

or

     var
       var_identifier: type_definition value expression;

Unlike in declaration parts, the initializing expression does not have to be a constant expression. Note that every declaring statement has to start with var. The name space of the variable extends from its declaration to the end of the current matching statement sequence (which can be a statement part (of the program, a function, a procedure or an operator) or, within that part, a begin end compound statement, a repeat loop, or the else branch of a case statement). This statement is a GNU Pascal extension.

See also

Type Definition, Data Types