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See help for internal-variables for more details.

Syntax	Description
`myvar`	Local to a function, may conflict with other scopes.
`a:myarg`	Argument.
`b:myvar`	Local to buffer.
`w:myvar`	Local to window.
`s:myvar`	Local to script.
`l:myvar`	Local to function.
`g:myvar`	Global.
`&shiftwidth`	Global setting.
`$HOME`	Environment variable.

Create/change a variable with let.

vim

let myvar = 'Hello'

Delete a variable with unlet.

vim

unlet myvar

Checks if the variable / function is defined. Check the help for exists for more details.

vim

echo exists('&setting')
echo exists('*function')
echo exists('varname')