Name
copy
Syntax
copyvaluetovariableName
Description
Assigns value to variableName.
Example
copy 5 to x
An abbreviation for copy is put; an abbreviation for to is into. Thus you could type put 5 into x—although it would still come out as copy 5 to x. These abbreviations were designed to accommodate HyperCard users, who were habituated to this idiom.
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