New Example 1: Basic Variables with Initial Values 

    ' Demonstrates variable declarations with and without initial values

    Dim Count As Byte = 5          ' <<< Dim with a type and an initial value -- the syntax this page documents
    Dim Threshold As Word = 300
    Dim Mode As Byte
    Dim Ready As Bit = 1

    Mode = 2

Key line: Dim Count As Byte = 5 — declares Count as a Byte and sets its starting value in one statement, guaranteeing it (unlike Mode, which is undefined until set) even on chip families that do not zero-initialise RAM.

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