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<H2><A NAME="57"></A>6.4. Variables</H2>
<p><b>Variables</b> hold simple strings. They are global and come
in two types: <b>temporary</b> and <b>permanent</b>. Permanent
variables persist over multiple invocations of the chat script,
while temporary variables are forgotten each time the script
completes.</p>
<p>Variables are specified with a dollar sign, then a letter, followed
by letters, digits, and underscores. If the first letter is upper
case the variable is permanent; otherwise it is temporary. The
variable name may be optionally enclosed in curly braces.</p>
<p>Examples:
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$initString
$My_variable_234
${i_am_safely_followed_by_a_letter}
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