A variable assignment is any operation where a variable name is placed on the left hand side of an equal sign (=) and some value or operation is placed on the right hand side. This value or the result of the operation will be assigned to a variable with a reference name equal to the left hand side value.
3.2
All variable assignments must end in a semicolon (;).
3.3
Possible values for a variable are:
Numbers
Quoted text strings
Quoted text strings with delimited variables inside (using pound signs)
Previously defined variables
Results of a function
Mathematical or string concatenation operations
<CFSCRIPT>
variable=5;
Variable="text value";
variable="the date is #now()#";
variable=now();
variable=othervariable;
variable=5+5;
variable="The time is "&timeformat(now());
</CFSCRIPT>
3.4
Setting a dynamic variable name can be done using the standard method of placing the dynamic portion of the variable name within pound signs (#) and then placing it (and any text portion of the variable name) within quotes. It is preferred to use the SetVariable() function rather than this method of setting a dynamic variable name.
<CFSCRIPT>
// Set a variable called dynamicvariable with a value of "variablename"
dynamicvariable = "variablename";
// Set a variable called variablename with a value of "text value".
"#dynamicvariable#" = "text value";
// Set a variable called Myvariablename with a value of 5
"My#dynamicvariable#" = 5;
</CFSCRIPT>
