Variables

Variables are for storing data in your program, that you can then access later.

How to use

A variable has a name and a type, which you need to declare befor use.

For example a variable named foo, with the type int:

int foo;

Later you can assign values to it, for example 20:

foo = 20;

You can also do both steps together, to make it simpler:

int foo = 20;

Constants

With the const modifier a variable can be turned into a constant:

const int BAR = 13;

The value is assigned once to it and it will never change. Constants are usually named UPER_CASE.

You can define constants also inside of classes, structs or other objects or namespaces.

Also useful

• If the type is already written elsewhere or so obvios, you can use var instead of the type name. This can help simplifying your code. But be aware that using it too much makes your code less readable.

  // instead of
  MainLoop main_loop = new MainLoop ();
  
  // you can write
  var main_loop = new MainLoop ();
  

• Also if you have multiple variables of the same type declared at the same location in your code, you can declare them altogether:

  string foo, bar;
  
  string hello = "Hello", world = "World";