Strings can be stored in so called scalar variables.
Each such variable starts with a $ sign and then alphanumeric characters and underscore.
Before using such a variable the first time one has to declare it by the my keyword.
my $this_is_a_variable;
my $ThisIsAnotherVariableButWeDontLikeItSoMuch;
Variables are case sensitive.
my $h;
my $H;
Example 2-1. examples/scalars/hello_world_variable.p6
#!/usr/bin/perl6 my $greeting = "Hello World"; say $greeting;
By default scalar variables have no specific types but later we will see how
can we restrict the values a scalar can hold to an Int or Str.
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