OLOR=BLUE>mydata#=42.5
PRINT mydata#
</FONT></PRE>By adding the (#) symbol, we are instructing the program to treat the variable as a real number variable. Exactly the same rule applies to a string variable:<BR>
<BR>
<PRE><FONT FACE=courier COLOR=BLUE>myname$="Lee"
PRINT myname$
</FONT></PRE>All variable names can use either upper or lower case characters, which means a variable called NAME$ is the same variable as name$ or Name$. String variables even support the use of limited maths. The following example