ATTRIBUTES EXTERN

The ATTRIBUTES directive option EXTERN specifies that a variable is allocated in another source file. EXTERN can be used in global variable declarations, but it must not be applied to dummy arguments. It takes the following form:

Syntax

cDEC$ ATTRIBUTES EXTERN :: var

c

Is one of the following: C (or c), !, or *. (See Syntax Rules for Compiler Directives.)

var

Is the variable to be allocated.

This option must be used when accessing variables declared in other languages.

Parent topic: ATTRIBUTES General Compiler Directive: Declares properties for specified variables.

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