Assignment Statements

$ vbl[start_bit,bit_count]=numeric_exp

Examples:

$ ESC[0,8]=%X1B

$ CR[0,8]=13
$ LF[0,8]=10
$ FF[0,8]=12
$ CRLF[0,8]=13
$ CRLF[8,8]=10

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These are examples of assigning values to bits within a string. The result is always a string. This is useful for constructing escape sequences and binary values.

In the fifth and sixth examples, the result is a two byte string containing a carriage-return and a line-feed (in that order).