LET

TYPE: BASIC Variable Statement

FORMAT: [LET] variable = expression

Action:

The LET statement can be used to assign a value to a variable, but the word LET is optional and therefore most advanced programmers leave LET out because it's always understood and wastes valuable memory. The equal sign (=) alone is sufficient when assigning the value of an expression to a variable name.

EXAMPLES of LET Statement:

  10 LET D = 12      : 'This is the same as D = 12
  20 LET E$ = "ABC"
  30 F$ = "WORDS"
  40 SUM$ = E$ + F$  : 'SUM$ would equal ABCWORDS

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