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+# 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`