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Sets a local or global variable to a specified value. This value can be a number or an expression.
Sets a local or global variable to a specified value. This value can be a number or an expression.


'''''Arithmetic Operators:'''''
{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
! style="background:#efefef;" | Operator
! style="background:#efefef;" | Description
|-
|    <nowiki>+</nowiki>
| plus
|-
|    <nowiki>  -</nowiki>
| minus
|-
|    <nowiki>  *</nowiki>
| multiply
|-
|    <nowiki>  /</nowiki>
| divide (integer variables will be truncated)
|-
|    <nowiki>  %</nowiki>
| modulus (do integer division and return remainder)
|}
In integer divisions the remainder is truncated at the end of the operation:
''set a to 9/5'' will set a to 1
''set a to 10*9/5'' will set a to 18
'''''Examples:'''''
  set a to 2
  set a to 2
  set b to a*a
  set b to a*a
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