A variable names an area of storage whose value can change during execution of an application.
You declare a variable to be of a particular type, which restricts the kind of value the variable can hold (except for variables of type Variant). You also determine the scope and lifetime of a variable -- when and how long the variable exists and in what parts of your application it is accessible. Typically, if you do not choose a type or scope for the variable, LotusScript® chooses by default.
A variable name can be any valid LotusScript identifier. The name cannot be the same as the name of another variable, constant, or procedure in the same scope used in the same module.
A variable can be of any of the following data types or structures:
The next two sections describe the two ways you can declare a scalar variable in LotusScript: with an explicit statement or by implication. Subsequent sections describe how to declare arrays, lists, and variables of type Variant.