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Syntax: .set

Variable names may contain any valid UTF-8 character. There are no validity checks to exclude unusual UTF-8 characters.

Variable names may not contain spaces.

.set [.local] variable_name <value>;

value may be an integer, quoted string, single quoted string, a variable, an expression, a list, or a dictionary.

The .local option puts the variable into the local scope. These variables can be accessed as usual, and once a variable is in the local scope, it can be set and used as usual.

A new scope is generated for each statement list grouped by {...}. A new scope can be forced by adding {...} around a list of statements.

if (true) {
  .set .local b 2
  # b is visible within the if statement block.
}

{
  .set .local a 1
  # a is only visible within this block of {...}
}

See Syntax: Variables

Examples

.set a 1;
.set b 'hello';
.set c 'world';
.set d "${b} ${c}";
.set h $ENV{HOME};
.print ${d};

.set local tt 14;
.set tt 15;

References

Syntax: Variables

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