Variable declaration

Local and global variables are declared using the LOCAL and GLOBAL statements, respectively.

The LOCAL statement is used to declare one or more local variables of a particular type. This statement has the basic form:

LOCAL [type] name [,name ,name...]

where

[type] is the type of local EASI variable to declare. Default is double.
[name] is the name of a local EASI variable to declare

If no type declaration follows a LOCAL statement, EASI assumes the declaration type to be double, however it is generally considered sloppy programming practice to declare a variable without explicitly specifying its type.

The GLOBAL statement has the same syntax as the LOCAL statement:

GLOBAL [type] name [, name, name,...]

where

[type] is the type of global EASI variable to declare. Default is double.
[name] is the name of a global EASI variable to declare

The GLOBAL and LOCAL declaration statements may be used any number of times at any place within a procedure. The variable that is declared becomes available to the procedure immediately after the declaration statement is executed by EASI.

Example:

LOCAL INTEGER first, second, third
LOCAL DOUBLE distance, speed, i
LOCAL STRING winner, teamname, mvp