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|  | //destination// | **=** | //source// |

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| //destination// | The label of a variable or runtime property. |
| //source// | A numeric or string constant, variable, procedure, expression, or data structure property. |

The **=** sign assigns the value of //source// to the //destination//; it copies the value of the //source// expression into the //destination// variable. If //destination// and //source// are different data types, the value the //destination// receives from the //source// is dependent upon the Data Conversion Rules.

**Example:**

**StringVar  STRING(10)**

**LongVar    LONG**

**RealVar    REAL**

** CODE**

** StringVar = 'JONES'             !Variable = string constant**

** RealVar = 3.14159               !Variable = numeric constant**

** RealVar = SQRT(1 - Sine * Sine) !Variable = procedure return value**

** LongVar = B + C + 3             !Variable = numeric expression**

** StringVar = CLIP(FirstName) & ' ' Initial & '. ' & LastName **

**                                 !Variable = string expression**

** StringVar = '10'                !Assign numeric data to string then **

** Longvar = StringVar             !Automatic data conversion results **

**                                 !and Longvar will contain: 10**

**See Also:**

[[data type conversion rules.htm|Data Conversion Rules]]

[[property expressions.htm|Property Expressions]]