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<h3 class="section">5.2 Giving Symbols Other Values</h3>
<p><a name="index-assigning-values-to-symbols-211"></a><a name="index-symbol-values_002c-assigning-212"></a>A symbol can be given an arbitrary value by writing a symbol, followed
by an equals sign <span class="samp">=</span>, followed by an expression
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