======Synopsis:======
[[local]] <variable name>  \\
[[local]] <variable name>,<variable name> \\
[[local]] <variable name> <value> \\
[[local]] -<variable name>  \\
[[local]] <structure>. \\
[[local]] -dump

======Description:======
The [[local]] command creates local variables (as opposed to global variables).
A local variable can be used until the end of the //current atomic scope//.

|<varname>|Create a local variable, initial value is the empty string.|
|<varname1,varname2>|Declare multiple variables to be local variables|
|<varname> <value>|Declare a local variable and give it an initial value|
|-<varname>|Delete a local variable|
|<structure>.|Declare all variables of the form <structure>.<var> to be local|
|-dump|Remove all local variables in the current atomic scope|

Local variables are created implicitly by several commands which I should
be listing here.

======Examples:======
To give the local variable $blah a value of "this is a test":
      local blah this is a test

To give both $blah and $foo a value:
      local blah,foo local vars are neat

======History:======
The [[local]] command first appeared in EPIC4pre0.009.
# $EPIC: local.txt,v 1.3 2006/08/01 04:07:08 sthalik Exp $