{{fbdoc item="title" value="USING (Namespaces)"}}----
Brings namespace symbols into the current scope

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	**Using** //identifier// [, //identifier// [, ...] ]
##
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	##//identifier//##: The name of the ##[[KeyPgNamespace Namespace]]## that you want to use.

{{fbdoc item="desc"}}
	The ##**Using**## command allows all symbols from a given namespace to be accessed without the namespace's name prefix. Unlike ""C++"" but like C#, the ##[[KeyPgNamespace Namespace]]## keyword is not needed after ##**Using**##, because individual symbols cannot be inherited from a namespace. Inheriting a whole namespace can save typing, but sometimes some meaning of the code can be lost, and conflicts with other symbols could be created.

{{fbdoc item="ex"}}
{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/module/using.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
Namespace Sample
	Type T
		x As Integer
	End Type
End Namespace

'' Just using the name T would not find the symbol,
'' because it is inside a namespace.
Dim SomeVariable As Sample.T

'' Now the whole namespace has been inherited into
'' the global namespace.
Using Sample

'' This statement is valid now, since T exists
'' without the "Sample." prefix.
Dim OtherVariable As T 
%%

{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- QB had the ##**Using**## keyword, but for other purposes. Namespaces did not exist in QB.

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgPrintusing (Print | ?) Using]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgPalette Palette Using]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgNamespace Namespace]]##

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