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Text Variables Overview

To specify that a variable hold a string, select Text or Array of Text as the Type. In addition to using text
variables to store text values, you can also include text variables in calculations that use text functions to
parse and manipulate the text values. Text variables are also used in choice lists. A string variable can
contain alphanumeric and space characters.

Text Variable Properties

Note:

To specify that a text variable hold a multiple-value array, select Array of Text as the Type.

Array Variables Overview

An array variable is a variable that holds a list. An array is a collection of data values, and each data value
in an array has an associated index. Array indexes begin with zero. For example, an array with an identifier
of “a” and a size of ten integers contains the following elements:

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