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Linguist basic package - variable

Syntax:

   variable {name} {elements}

Keyword handler:

   linguist.basic.keyword.BKVariable.class

Runtime handler(s):

   linguist.basic.handler.BHVariable.class

Function:

Declares a 64-bit numeric variable or an array of variables. The array size is fixed at time of compilation.

[Note: In early releases of Linguist, variables were 32-bit. This was changed during October 1999 and all internal arithmetic is now 64-bit, resulting in changes throughout the packages.]

Example(s):

   variable N
   variable Sizes 25


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