variables, input, and output

In order to get input from the user, you have to use variables.
Basically, a variable stores information in RAM. A few types of
variables that can be used in FreeBASIC are strings, integers, and
doubles. If you want to store things such as people's names, you would
use a string. If you want to store numbers or do math, you would use
an integer or a double. An integer is used for whole numbers such as
1, 2 or 3. A double can be used if you want to store decimal numbers.
In order to use a variable in FreeBASIC, it has to be declared using
the dim statement. For example, if you want to use a string, you would
use the following code:
dim presidential_candidate as string

To get input from the user, you can use the input command. The
following code gives an example of this:
dim presidential_candidate as string
print "Who is your favorite US presidential candidate?"
input presidential_candidate
print "You picked ",presidential_candidate,"."
'end of code'
If you save, compile and run that program, you'll see that it asks the
user to pick a presidential candidate. Then it prints who the user
picked. In the next installment of the Ron Paul programming tutorial,
I will discuss how to get the computer to make decisions about the
user's input.

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