Effect

Assigns a value to a specified variable.

Note: Only the first two letters are taken into account as variable name, but different variable types and tables are considered different even if they have same name. (Please see the examples)

Syntax

LET <Variable> = <Value>

The LET instruction itself is optional and can be skipped except if you use the Exprif BASIC extension.

Parameters

<Variable> is a numeric or alphanumeric variable.

<Value> is a numeric value or a character string (between quotation mark). It can be also an expression.

Examples

10 LET A=10
20 LET B$="Hello"
30 C=20
40 D$="World!"
50 CLS
60 PRINT A;C
70 PRINT
80 PRINT B$;" "; D$

RUN
 10 20

Hello World!
Ok

10 SIZE=1:SIDE=2:SI=6
20 PRINT SIZE

RUN
 6
Ok

10 XY$="Values:":XY#=1:XY!=2:XY%=3:XY#(0)=4:XY!(0)=5:XY%(0)=6
20 PRINT XY$;XY#;XY!;XY%;XY#(0);XY!(0);XY%(0)

RUN
Values: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ok

Related To

DEFDBL, DEFINT, DEFSNG, DEFSTR, DIM, SWAP

Compatibility

MSX-BASIC 1.0 or higher