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Example 4. Assigning Other Variable Types - Strings

Another fundamental feature of programming languages is to provide a mechanism for storing values in memory other than numbers. Here are some examples in Basic, Lisp and Water.

Basic:
x = "A string to store"
Lisp:
(setq x "A string to store")
Water:
<set x="A string to store" />

If I want to use the variable, I would access it like this:

Basic:
PRINT x
Lisp:
x
Water:
x

Notice that Water and Lisp return the variable's value like Example 1. Whereas, Basic needs a PRINT statement to display the value.

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