Although StarBasic itself is similar to other dialects of Basic, such as Microsoft's VBA, the API is very different, as the example below of a macro illustrates.
Sub ParaCount ' ' Count number of paragraphs in a text document ' Dim Doc As Object, Enum As Object, Count As Long Doc = ThisComponent ' Is this a text document? If Not Doc.SupportsService("com.sun.star.text.TextDocument") Then MsgBox "This macro must be run from a text document", 64, "Error" Exit Sub End If Count=0 ' Examine each component - paragraph or table? Enum=Doc.Text.CreateEnumeration While Enum.HasMoreElements TextEl=Enum.NextElement ' Is the component a paragraph? If TextEl.SupportsService("com.sun.star.text.Paragraph") Then Count=Count+1 End If Wend 'Display result MsgBox Count, 0, "Paragraph Count" End Sub