# Variant The Variant is a General Purpose variable which can hold a value of (almost) any type. ## Building * Clone the repository - `git clone http://gitlab.osdev.nl/open_source/datatypes.git` * Change to the git-repository and run the submodules script. - `cd datatypes` - `scripts/setup_submodules -i` * Create the build directory and build the library and tests * `mkdir build` * `cd build` * `cmake ../` * `gmake` * Start the test from the build directory * `tests/datatypestest`