identical to the type of the
variable being declared.</p>
<p>Variables of any type may have values assigned to them. For example,</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb83"><pre class="sourceCode stan"><code class="sourceCode stan"><span id="cb83-1"><a href="compound-variable-declaration-and-definition.html#cb83-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="dt">matrix</span>[<span class="dv">3</span>, <span class="dv">2</span>] a = b;</span></code></pre></div>
<p>declares a <span class="math inline">\(3 \