Hello World 2

The program demonstrates using the Declare statement and defining a function.

'Hello World 2
'This example demostrates using a Declare statement
'and function definition
'**********************************************

Declare Function GetHello() as String

'Create a string variable
Dim HelloString as String

'Clear the screen
Cls
'Get the hello string
HelloString = GetHello
'Print to console window
Print HelloString
'Wait for keypress
Sleep
'End program
End 
'GetHello function: Returns a string to caller
Function GetHello() as String
    Return "Hello World from FreeBasic!"
End Function