\label{Variables_in_Scripts}
Variables can be used later in the same script. For instance, we can add
another line below the \texttt{\$variable} line as such:
\$variable2~=~\$variable~+~2;
Now there is a variable called \texttt{\$variable2} with the the number {}``5''
as its value.
Variables can also be used in \emph{strings}\index{strings}, which are a
sequence of letters. The underlying language of the script, Perl, has a very
large number of ways of using variables in strings, but the easiest and most
common way is to use normal double-quotes and just spell out the name of
the variable you want to use in the string, like this:
\$stringVar~=~{}``I~have~a~variable~with~the~value~\$variable.'';
This will put the string {}``I have a variable with the value 3.'' into
the variable named {}``stringVar''.
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