====== DEFSTR ======
"Mass declares" a range of letters as string variables

**Implemented by:** [[:basics:Altair:altair12K]], [[:basics:trs80:level2]], [[:basics:GWBASIC:]], [[:basics:MSX:]], [[:basics:bwbasic:]], [[:basics:bwbasic:bw32]], [[:basics:msqb:QBasic]], [[:basics:VBDOS:]], [[:basics:FreeBASIC:]]

**With variations:** 

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===== Usage =====



==== Variations ====



===== Examples =====

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<code qbasic>
DEFSTR S-V
S="Believe me, this is a string."
T="This one too."
</code>

===== Comments =====
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===== Similar keywords =====
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