# Assigning values to variables

The value of a variable can be assigned to another variable after it has been declared, as shown in this example.

    defaultPlayerLives as integer = 10
    playerLives as integer = 0
    playerScore as integer = 0

    playerLives = defaultPlayerLives

    do
    	print ( defaultPlayerLives )
    	print ( playerLives )
    	print ( playerScore )

    	sync ( )
    loop

The first three lines declare and assign default values to the variables. The next line takes the value of defaultPlayerLives and assigns it to the variable playerLives.

    playerLives = defaultPlayerLives

Which means at this point playerLives has been assigned a value of 10. When you run the program you will see 10, 10 and 0 displayed on screen.