TYPE Statement Details
 
Syntax
  TYPE usertype
    elementname AS typename
    [elementname AS typename]
    .
    .
    .
  END TYPE
 
  Argument      Description
  usertype      A name given to the user-defined data type. Follows
                the same rules as a BASIC variable name.
  elementname   The name of an element of the user-defined data type.
                Follows the same rules as a BASIC variable name.
                Cannot be the name of an array.
  typename      May be any of the following BASIC data types: INTEGER,
                LONG, SINGLE, DOUBLE, fixed-length string (see note
                below), or user-defined type.
 
  Note: Strings in user types must be fixed-length strings. String
        lengths are indicated by an asterisk and a numeric constant.
        For example, the following line defines an element named Keyword
        in a user-defined type as a string with length 40:
 
            Keyword AS STRING * 40
 
A user-defined type must be declared in a TYPE declaration before
it can be used in the program. Although a user-defined type can only
be declared in the module-level code, you may declare a variable to
be of a user-defined type anywhere in the module, even in a SUB
or FUNCTION.
 
Use the DIM, REDIM, COMMON, STATIC, or SHARED statements to declare a
variable to be of a user-defined type.