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ByRef

Visual Studio .NET 2003

The ByRef keyword indicates that an argument is passed in such a way that the called procedure can change the value of a variable underlying the argument in the calling code.

The ByRef keyword is used in these contexts:

Declare Statement

Function Statement

Sub Statement

See Also

Visual Basic Language Keywords | Argument Passing ByVal and ByRef

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