<!--Copyright (C) 1988-2005 by the Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES). See file COPYRIGHT for more information.--> <html> <head> <title>GrADS Command: define</title> </head> <body text="#000000"> <h2>define</h2> <p> The <code>define</code> command creates new Grads variables. The syntax is: <p> <ul> <code>define var = expression</code><br> or <br> <code>var = expression</code> (the <code>define</code> command may be implied)<br> </ul> <p> where <code>var</code> is a variable name, and <code>expression</code> is any valid Grads expression. <p> <h3>Usage Notes</h3> <p> See the section in the User's Guide on <a href="variable.html#new">defining new variables</a> for more information. <h3>Examples</h3> </body> </html>