Purpose: discuss for the beginner the ''types'' of variables a user can use in a Tcl script. ---- * [[Discuss characters permitted in a variable name, format of a variable name, when to use the $ and when not, etc.]] * Types of variables * In the core of Tcl * Scalar 1 String 1 List 1 Handle 1 Namespace 1 Thread * [Array] * [Magic Name] * In common extensions * In Tk * widget * font * In TclX * keyed list