[texhax] Defining variables

[Jan Bruners]

Hi fellows,

sorry for the stupid question, but I did not find a sufficient explanation in
the LaTeX Companion:

* How do I define a new variable in the preamble?
* How do I assign a new value to that variable?
* How can I ask LaTeX to print the actual value of the variable?

I need something like the \author, \title, \date variables which can be printed
with \maketitle.

Thanks,

Jan
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