Type (BASIC command) Purpose Declares a user defined type. User-defined data types help organize data by making it possible to combine several related variables into a single data structure. If a user-defined type is defined in the Declarations section of a code module, the type will be visible to the entire application and will remain for the lifetime of the application. If defined in a procedure, the type is only visible to the procedure and will remain only for the lifetime of the procedure. Syntax Type TypeName         VarName As DataType         [VarName As DataType...] End Type Example Type CustType           'defined in Declarations         First as String         Last as String         SSNum as String *9      'where *9 is a limit to the variable         CustomerID as Integer End Type