Program with a String Variable

Here is a program that uses a string variable.

LET NAME$ = "Sherlock Holmes"
PRINT NAME$
END

When this program is run the following happens:

1. Execution starts with the first statement:
   • Since the variable NAME$ has not been seen before, the system finds memory for it.
   • The variable starts out empty—there are no characters stored in it.
   • Now the characters from right of the = are copied into the variable.
   • (The quote marks "" are not copied since they are not part of the string.)
2. Execution continues with the second statement:
   • The characters stored in memory in the variable NAME$ are printed out.

The following will appear on the monitor screen:

Sherlock Holmes