Create and initialize the new variable

Display Figure 5.

To create and initialize the new variable:

• Enter the name of the new variable in the text field.  Good programming practice says to begin the name with a lower case character, use camel-case format (see the variable names in Figure 5), and make the variable name meaningful.
• Specify the type of the new variable by clicking the appropriate radio button, and possibly selecting a type from the pull-down list (in case you click the radio button labeled other).
• Enter the initial value in the field showing <None> in Figure 6. (You can optionally skip this step and accept the default initial value.)
• Click the OK button.