var myName; // var keyword create a variable called myName //you can store a value in a variable with the assignment operator (=). var a; a = 7; // this code assign the value 7 to variable a. //you can assign the value of that variable to another variable using the assignment operator. var myVar; myVar = 5; var myNum; myNum = myVar; // now the code assign the contents of a to variable b.