===== Variables =====
You can think of a variable as a place in the computer's memory to store things.  Each variable has a name that must begin with a letter, and may consist of any number of letters, numbers, and dollar signs.  Their names are case sensitive, the variable 'a' is not the same as the variable "A".\\

In BASIC-256 you do not need to define a variable before you use it.  The variable is created when it is assigned a value for the first time and will retain its value until the program [[end|end]]s or the variable is [[unassign|unassign]]ed.

==== Example ====
|a = 99|Assigns the integer 99 to the variable a|
|nom = "Jim"|Assigns the string "Jim" to the variable nom|
|print "Say hello to " + nom|Appends the string in nom the the string "Say hello to " and displays the result|
|a = a + 1|Takes the value of a and adds one to it, then store the new value back into a|

==== See Also ====
  * [[variableoperators|Variable Operators]]

==== History ====
|1.99.99.8|variable typing was removed|