NAME
  TYPE Statement

SYNOPSIS
  TYPE usertype
    elementname AS typename
    [elementname AS typename]
  .
  .
  .
  END TYPE
      o usertype       The name of the data type being defined. The name can
                       consist of up to 40 characters and must begin with a
                       letter. Valid characters are A-Z, 0-9, and period (.).
      o elementname    An element of the user-defined data type.
      o typename       The element's type (INTEGER, LONG, SINGLE, DOUBLE,
                       STRING, or a user-defined data type).
      o Use DIM, REDIM, COMMON, STATIC, or SHARED to create a variable of a
        user-defined data type.

DESCRIPTION
  Defines a data type containing one or more elements.

  Example:
      TYPE Card
          Suit AS STRING * 9
          Value AS INTEGER
      END TYPE
      DIM Deck(1 TO 52) AS Card
      Deck(1).Suit = "Club"
      Deck(1).Value = 2
      PRINT Deck(1).Suit, Deck(1).Value

SEE ALSO
  COMMON DIM REDIM SHARED STATIC