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+// declare thread variable, default type null
+var(x)
+$x->type // null
+
+// declare local variable, default type null
+local(x)
+#x->type // null
+
+// declare thread variable, initialize with a type, in this case integer
+var(x = integer)
+
+// declare local variable, initialize with a type, in this case integer
+local(x = integer)
+
+// assign a value to the thread var x
+$x = 12
+
+// assign a value to the local var x
+$x = 177
+
+// a var always has a data type, even if not declared - then it's null
+// a var can either be assigned a type using the name of the type, or a value that is by itself the type
+local(y = string)
+local(y = 'hello')
+
+'\r'
+// demonstrating asCopyDeep and relationship between variables:
+local(original) = array('radish', 'carrot', 'cucumber', 'olive')
+local(originalaswell) = #original
+local(copy)     = #original->asCopyDeep
+iterate(#original) => {
+    loop_value->uppercase
+}
+#original		// modified
+//array(RADISH, CARROT, CUCUMBER, OLIVE)
+'\r'
+#originalaswell // modified as well as it was not a deep copy
+//array(RADISH, CARROT, CUCUMBER, OLIVE)
+'\r'
+#copy			// unmodified as it used ascopydeep
+//array(RADISH, CARROT, CUCUMBER, OLIVE)