How to put a text in a variable

[ameramer]

Hello,

I would like to put a text of characters in a variable in order to call it later. For example i would like to do:

If [ $x == 5 ] then (put "hello" in variable $x1)
fi

echo "$x1"

Could you please tell me what the syntax for it.

Thanks in advance,

 

[Boria]

Hi,

#!/usr/bin/ksh
x5=5
if [[ $x5 -eq 5 ]]
then
x1="what do you want"
fi
echo $x1

regards Boris