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Variables, Variables, Variables
Variables, Variables, Variables
Variables, Variables, Variables

Bill Gates Microsoft GIF Am I old?

What did you think I would do at this moment?

Ahem, I mean, what is a variable?

From: Wikipedia:

In computer programming, a variable is an abstract storage location paired with an associated symbolic name, which contains some known or unknown quantity of data or object referred to as a value ; or in simpler terms, a variable is a named container for a particular set of bits or type of data (like integer, float, string etc…)

Or in even simpler terms:

A variable, for our purposes, is a name we use to represent a value, or an object, or some other abstract thing.


//Structure:
//[VariableType] [VariableName](the actual variable) = [VariableValue];

//This is a variable (a string)
string aString = "Hello";

//These are variables too:

//Boolean (true / false, 1 / 0)
bool bandersonIsCranky = true;

//Int32 (-2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647)
int x = 8675309;

//dynamic object (an empty one)
var o = new {};

//An object (DataSet)
DataSet ds = new DataSet("MarkWonsilIsAUnicorn");

etc, etc, etc

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