_option_explicit - Anobium/Great-Cow-BASIC-Help GitHub Wiki
Syntax:
#option explicit
This option ensures that all variables are dimensioned in the user program. The scope is the user code only and no other code space like .h or include files.
#option explicit
requires all variables,including bytes, in the user
program to be defined.
Variables can be defined and not used within your user program. Unused variables will not allocate memory.
Introduction:
Example:
'Set chip model
#chip 16f877a
'Example command
#option explicit
dim myuserflag as byte
myuserflag = true
For more help, see Variable Lifecycle