% Variable Bindings

<small>There is a new edition of the book and this is an old link.</small>

> Variable bindings bind some value to a name, so it can be used later.

```rust
let foo = 5;
```

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Here are the relevant sections in the new and old books:

* **[In the second edition: Ch 2.00 — Guessing Game Tutorial, section Variables][2]**
* <small>[In the first edition: Ch 3.1 — Variable Bindings][1]</small>


[1]: first-edition/variable-bindings.html
[2]: second-edition/ch02-00-guessing-game-tutorial.html#storing-values-with-variables
