variable

IPA: vˈɛriʌbʌɫ

Something that is variable.
Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
(astronomy) A variable star.
(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
(nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Examples of "variable" in Sentences

The title variable depends on the operating system.
I therefore call it the variable part of capital, or, shortly, _variable capital_.
Nothing indeed, is more variable than the signification of the term variable itself.
Posts: 300 variable = $ (sed - n '3p' truefalse. txt) echo $variable if [ "$variable" = "True"]; then sed - i
The solution of this variable is then the percent change in the beer tax associated with the percent change in quantity you obtained a moment ago.
"For the industry, we'll progressively move toward more of what I call variable pricing so the heavy (use) consumers will pay more than the lower consumers," Stephenson said.
"And Dr. Dale said that in the larger sets they have what they call a variable condenser, so that they can get more or less damping action according to the strength of the incoming current waves."
This is the most common style and one prefered for code in kdelibs. mVariable lowercase m and the name of variable starting with a uppercase letter variable_ variable name starting with a lowercase letter and then an underscore
'3 cFalse' truefalse. txt else sed - i '3 cTrue' truefalse. txt fi variable = $ (sed - n '3p' truefalse. txt) echo $variable this reads line three of a simple text file and changes True to False or False to True depending on what the line says. how would i replace the '3' with a variable? what is the syntax for that?