Dwords, floats, booleans, strings, etc. are all data types. They control how your program determines what type of information and how it is stored inside a variable. Press F1 inside DBP and navigate to "Principles" then "Datatypes and variables" to get a more in depth description.
Here are some samples:
DWYitzu as DWORD
StrYitzu$ as String
IntYitzu as Integer
FloYitzu as Float
BooYitzu as Boolean
DWYitzu = RGB(255,0,0)
StrYitzu$ = "Yitzu is getting the hang of DBP! And has made this many threads: "
IntYitzu = 31
FloYitzu# = 3.0/2.0
BooYitzu = 1
COLOR BACKDROP DWYitzu
Do
set cursor 0,0
Print StrYitzu$ + Str$(IntYitzu)
If BooYitzu = 1 then Print "3.0 divided by 2.0 is: "+ str$(FloYitzu#)
Sync
Loop
End
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