Variables

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Variables are explicitly declared and used by the compiler to check that they are used as expected for their type. You don’t have to declare the type if the compiler can infer it from its use.

let a = "hello";
console.log(a, typeof a);

let b = 1;
console.log(b, typeof b);

let c = b;
console.log(c, typeof c);

// error: c is a number, can't assign a string to it
// c = a;

let d = true;
console.log(d, typeof d);

let e: number;
// error: can't use e before it's assigned a value
// console.log(e, typeof(e));
e = 4;
console.log(e, typeof e);
  

hello string
1 number
1 number
true boolean
4 number