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<refentry id="init">
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>init</refentrytitle>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>init</refname>

    <refpurpose>
       Puts the value of the i-time expression into a k- or a-rate variable.
       <indexterm id="IndexInit"><primary>init</primary></indexterm>
    </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Syntax</title>
    <synopsis>ar <command>init</command> iarg</synopsis>
    <synopsis>ir <command>init</command> iarg</synopsis>
    <synopsis>kr <command>init</command> iarg</synopsis>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para> 
      Put the value of the i-time expression into a k- or a-rate variable.
    </para> 
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Initialization</title>
    <para>
      Puts the value of the i-time expression <emphasis>iarg</emphasis> into a k- or a-rate variable, i.e., initialize the result. Note that <emphasis role="strong">init</emphasis> provides the only case of an init-time statement being permitted to write into a perf-time (k- or a-rate) result cell; the statement has no effect at perf-time.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <link linkend="assign"><citetitle>=</citetitle></link>,
      <link linkend="divz"><citetitle>divz</citetitle></link>,
      <link linkend="tival"><citetitle>tival</citetitle></link>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>
