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 ===== Variables ===== ===== 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.  They are case sensitive.\\+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".\\ 
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 +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 ==== ==== Example ====
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 |a = a + 1|Takes the value of a and adds one to it, then store the new value back into a| |a = a + 1|Takes the value of a and adds one to it, then store the new value back into a|
  
-\\ +==== See Also ==== 
-In previous versions (before 1.99.99.8) Variables that contained strings were required to end with a dollar sign ($).  This limitation has been removed and any variable may store any type of value.\\+  * [[variableoperators|Variable Operators]]
  
-See also: [[variableoperators|Variable Operators]]+==== History ==== 
 +|1.99.99.8|variable typing was removed|
  
  
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