CipherLab 8 Series User Manual (English)

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CipherLab BASIC Programming Part I

3.2 VARIABLES

Variables are symbols used to represent data items, such as numerical values or

character strings that are used in a BASIC program. The value of a variable may be

assigned explicitly and can be changed during the execution of a program. Be aware that

the value of a variable is assumed to be undefined until a value is assigned to it.

3.2.1 VARIABLE NAMES AND DECLARATION CHARACTERS

The following are the rules for variable names and declaration characters:

 A variable name must begin with a letter (A to Z).

 The remaining characters can be letters, numbers, and/or underscores.

 The last character can be one of these type declaration characters:

% integer : 2 bytes (- 32,768 to + 32,767)

& long : 4 bytes (- 2,147,483,648 to + 2,147,483,647)

! real number : 4 bytes

$ string : 255 bytes

nothing (default) : 2 bytes (- 32,768 to + 32,767)

 The variable name cannot be a BASIC reserved word.

 Only 4 types of variables are supported. The maximum number of variables is 1,000.

 Variable names are not case-sensitive.

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