Variables; Variable Name; Types Of Variables - Sanyo MBC-550 Series User Manual

Variables
1• Variable name
Variables are the changeable values in a program and
are referred to by specifying their names,
variable names are written with an alphanumeric string
of optional length beginning with an alphabetical
character,
variable.
The
The first sixteen characters identify the
Example
>10 TR = 10
>20 TRE = 20
>30 TRANSPOSITION = 30
>40 PRINT TR, TRE, TRANSPOSITION
>RUN
30 20
10
The variable names must not be spelled the same as
keywords, but may include their spelling. Any variable
name beginning with FN or USR is erroneous.
Example
(Erroneous, AND is an operator)
>10 AND = 100
>20 BAND = 0 (Acceptable)
>30 AFN10 = A + B (Acceptable)
>40 FNABC = 1
(Erroneous, FN is an operator)
(Acceptable) >50 BAFN = 1
2. Types of variables
The variables are classified into strings or numerics
(integers, simple-precision real numbers, and double­
precision real numbers).
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